{"id":"albert-chon","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Albert Chon","hidden":false,"content":"**Albert Chon** is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of [Injective Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/injective-protocol). Before Injective Labs, Chon worked with several tech companies including Linc Global and Amazon. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-sfj6o8hyfw)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-esminqyt8bv)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](D5HuV1eT9mw)$$  \n  \n# Early Life and Education  \n  \nAlbert Chon completed a Master of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Systems at Stanford University. He also attained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in [Artificial Intelligence](https://iq.wiki/wiki/artificial-intelligence-ai) from the same institution. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  \n  \nIn high school, Albert took additional courses at Cerritos College and participated in the Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied biotechnology. Albert achieved the distinction of being the valedictorian of his graduating class at Gretchen Whitney High School. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-sfj6o8hyfw)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nAlbert Chon started his career as an Analytical Chemist and Marketing Associate at Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing Inc. in 2014. Afterward, he moved to the role of a Marketing Copywriter & Technical Analyst at L3 Networks. He served as a Researcher at Stanford Parallel Distributed Processing Lab in 2016. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  \n  \nIn 2017, Chen became a Full Stack Software Engineer at Linc Global Inc. In 2018, he contributed as a consultant at [Open Zeppelin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/openzeppelin) and served as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon. In 2021, Chen became a [Tendermint](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tendermint) Fellow.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  \n  \n## Injective Protocol  \n  \nAlbert Chon joined [Injective Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/injective-protocol) as a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2018 alongside [Eric Chen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eric-chen). Injective Protocol is a layer-2 [DEX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) (Decentralized Exchange) that supports advanced trading features such as margin trading and derivatives. [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-483khto3308)  \n  \nIn April 2021, Injective raised $10 million in a funding round with participation from billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, [Pantera Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pantera-capital), [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital), [Hashed Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/hashed), CMS Holdings, and QCP Capital. [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-k97l1xe840d)  \n  \nIn August 2022, Injective raised $40 million to accelerate the adoption and growth of [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) finance. The funding round consisted of Jump Crypto and BH Digital (the crypto arm of famed hedge fund manager Alan Howard). [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-ksbaotxmwhs)  \n  \nAlbert Chon in an interview describes Injective Protocol:  \n  \n> \"A platform that is building a fully decentralized derivatives and spot exchange protocol. This protocol is being developed on top of the Cosmos SDK.\"[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-yf41e8abrx)  \n  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](hU1btdDC7js)$$","summary":"Albert Chon is the Co-founder and CTO of Injective Labs, previously working for Amazon, and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Developers"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"sfj6o8hyfw\",\"url\":\"https://theorg.com/org/injective-protocol/org-chart/albert-chon\",\"description\":\"Albert Chon, CTO at Injective Protocol\",\"timestamp\":1689251259089},{\"id\":\"lwrw09nky1\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertchon/\",\"description\":\"Albert Chon on Linkedin\",\"timestamp\":1689266331363},{\"id\":\"esminqyt8bv\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@THE_MiReTu/albert-chon-ff81c6da960d\",\"description\":\"Albert Chon\",\"timestamp\":1689267478430},{\"id\":\"hb95h3u2nhg\",\"url\":\"https://www.crunchbase.com/person/albert-chon\",\"description\":\"crunchbase profile\",\"timestamp\":1695304087524},{\"id\":\"483khto3308\",\"url\":\"https://injective.com/\",\"description\":\"website\",\"timestamp\":1695304941837},{\"id\":\"k97l1xe840d\",\"url\":\"https://blog.injective.com/the-block-injective-protocol-raises-10-million-from-mark-cuban-and-other-investors/\",\"description\":\"10 Million raise\",\"timestamp\":1695305136087},{\"id\":\"ksbaotxmwhs\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/injective-labs/injective-raises-40-000-000-to-advance-web3-finance-9676e812fe25\",\"description\":\"40 million raise\",\"timestamp\":1695305168049},{\"id\":\"yf41e8abrx\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5HuV1eT9mw\",\"description\":\"youtube - albert chon interview\",\"timestamp\":1695305385119}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/albertchon?s=20"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertchon/"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/albertchon"},{"id":"medium_profile","value":"https://medium.com/@albertchon"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmRyyqPHSaR2WpLCRTRRFuDE54CYaQdBz7nChMeYt28rUg"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0x8eBEb49FEFC02bd8C053F588F58A85e72E4cF9C9","profile":{"username":"Tobiloba_Ogunwusi","avatar":null}},"media":[{"name":"1_Ke4VOCnVKnMihTiP0fnqCQ.jpg","id":"Qmem8P8yKAxnbfH83ASd4PnqD9se6kERorLbq7ZU6aTcew","size":"0.04","type":"GALLERY","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"D5HuV1eT9mw","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5HuV1eT9mw","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"6YUUt19IqAs","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUUt19IqAs","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"hU1btdDC7js","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU1btdDC7js","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":54,"events":[{"title":"Co-founder, Injective Labs","description":"Albert Chon joined Injective Protocol as a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2018","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2018-01","link":"https://injective.com/"}],"ipfs":"QmRyyqPHSaR2WpLCRTRRFuDE54CYaQdBz7nChMeYt28rUg","transactionHash":"0x8f3cc768229c43a28a526e7b13a51e7ea52ad6604a14e44655f8f6bfa5c3165d","created":"2023-07-13T17:01:30.153Z","updated":"2023-09-21T14:17:04.581Z","images":[{"id":"QmdcbWS2McZ3M27LWiAwyDhaoEhD2Cm4PLEU8x1sWifBYc","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":["injective-protocol"]}}