Gabriel Bankman-Fried
Gabriel Bankman-Fried is an American lobbyist and former Wall Street trader[1] and the former director of the non-profit Guarding Against Pandemics and its associated political action committee.[2][3][4] He is the brother of Sam Bankman-Fried.[5][6]
Early life and education
[edit]Bankman-Fried's parents are Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, both professors at Stanford Law School.[7] His maternal grandmother, Adrienne Fried Block, was a noted musicologist.[8] His maternal grandfather, George Fried,[9] was an administrator with the New York State Supreme Court probation department.[10]
His aunt Linda P. Fried was the dean of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.[11]
Bankman-Fried graduated from Brown University in 2017.[12]
Career
[edit]After graduating, Bankman-Fried went to work at Jane Street Capital.[12]
In 2020, Bankman-Fried founded and ran Guarding Against Pandemics, a pandemic-prevention advocacy group and political action committee. The organization was heavily financed by his brother, who gave the organization tens of millions of dollars.[12][13] The organization worked closely with Protect Our Future, a super PAC run by Democratic operatives.[14]
After the Bankruptcy of FTX in November 2022, Bankman-Fried resigned from Guarding Against Pandemics.[15]
In July 2023, allegations emerged that Bankman-Fried and his brother Sam considered purchasing the island of Nauru to use as a bunker in the event of an apocalyptic event, in what has been described as a “misguided and sometimes dystopian” project.[16][17][18]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hart, Angela (April 25, 2022). "Tech titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ↑ Metzger, Bryan (August 31, 2022). "A crypto-funded super PAC poured more than $24 million into this year's Democratic primaries and became a top outside spender. Now, it's going dark". Business Insider. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ↑ Seitz-Wald, Alex (May 19, 2022). "Brothers behind Democrats' 'crypto PAC' say they're actually pandemic-focused". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ↑ Hart, Jordan (November 27, 2022). "Inside the $3 million DC townhouse where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's brother hosted parties for his COVID-19 nonprofit". Business Insider. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ↑ Saul, Derek. "FTX Allegedly Wanted To Buy Pacific Island Country To Build Doomsday Bunker For Effective Altruists". Forbes.
- ↑ Goswami, Rohan (July 21, 2023). "Sam Bankman-Fried's brother was on memo exchange about a plan to buy Pacific island of Nauru, lawsuit says". CNBC.
- ↑ Tan, Huileng. "Meet Sam Bankman-Fried's family: His parents are Stanford Law professors, his aunt is a dean at Columbia, and his brother is the founder of a nonprofit". Business Insider.
- ↑ "Adrienne Block Obituary". legacy.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ↑ "Drs. Joseph Margolick and Linda Fried To Wed". The New York Times. 1982-09-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
- ↑ "Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH: A Legacy of Leadership in Public Health and Aging". The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths BLOCK, ADRIENNE FRIED". query.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- 1 2 3 Goldstein, Matthew; Yaffe-Bellany, David; Kelley, Lora (March 24, 2023). "The Younger Brother Caught in the Middle of the FTX Investigation" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Hart, Angela (April 25, 2022). "Tech titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Seitz-Wald, Alex (May 18, 2022). "Brothers behind Democrats' 'crypto PAC' say they're actually pandemic-focused". www.nbcnews.com.
- ↑ "Vegan canapes and fat donations: How Sam Bankman-Fried won Washington before he lost everything". NBC News. November 16, 2022.
- ↑ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly (2023-07-24). "Who Would Have Been Invited into Sam Bankman-Fried's Doomsday Bunker?". Observer. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ Ables, Kelsey (2023-07-26). "The enduring appeal of remote Pacific islands for rich apocalypse preppers". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ Murphy, Heather Tal (November 7, 2023). "The Other Bankman-Fried". Slate – via slate.com.