{"id":"erick-zhang","title":"Erick Zhang","content":"**Erick Zhang** is a venture capitalist and founder in the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) industry, known as the Founding Partner of Nomad Capital and the former Chief Executive Officer of [CoinMarketCap](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinmarketcap). He was also an early team member at [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance), where he held several executive positions. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-DS97FRFMZZ) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-C8waatxj9k)\n\n## Education\n\nZhang holds a Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University. He previously earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Macau. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-C8waatxj9k) [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-eBsVu7Q0da)\n\n## Career\n\nBefore entering the cryptocurrency industry, Zhang gained several years of experience in banking, investment, and big data analytics. In August 2013 he worked at Citibank as a VP until July 2015. He then became an early team member at the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) exchange [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance), where he held multiple executive roles, including Head of [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) Research and Head of Launchpad. In his capacity at [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) Research, he focused on providing data-driven analysis for investors with a stated goal of increasing transparency and improving the quality of information within the crypto ecosystem. In 2020, Zhang was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the data aggregator [CoinMarketCap](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinmarketcap), a position he held until 2021. Following his tenure at [CoinMarketCap](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinmarketcap), he founded the venture capital firm Nomad Capital, where he serves as the Founding and Managing Partner. He is also the founder of Buidlpad. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-DS97FRFMZZ) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-C8waatxj9k) [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-eBsVu7Q0da)","summary":"Erick Zhang is the Managing Partner at Nomad Capital and founder of Buidlpad, having previously served as CEO of CoinMarketCap and an executive at Binance.","images":[{"id":"QmNsD6Maybo3uaSiW4syu4bGcyx93cNXxDaX1WioQGm75M","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"},{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Venture"},{"id":"Organizations"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"DS97FRFMZZ\",\"url\":\"https://www.theblock.co/profile/326107/erick-zhang\",\"description\":\"Profile on The Block\",\"timestamp\":1757488321727},{\"id\":\"C8waatxj9k\",\"url\":\"https://www.rootdata.com/member/Erick%20Zhang?k=OTk2MQ%3D%3D\",\"description\":\"Profile on RootData\",\"timestamp\":1757488321727},{\"id\":\"eBsVu7Q0da\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Erick Zhang\",\"timestamp\":1757489060634,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/erick-z-98634b21/\"}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/ErickNomad"},{"id":"medium_profile","value":"https://medium.com/@ErickZ"},{"id":"website","value":"http://nomadcapital.io/"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/erick-z-98634b21/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"\"https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmUaQHZd5SFWFdV5L1qcqzxEbdnr5G9aSv8A2X8KZj4pUP\""},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"docs: Update IPFS content identifier (CID) to the latest version.\""},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmUaQHZd5SFWFdV5L1qcqzxEbdnr5G9aSv8A2X8KZj4pUP"}],"events":[{"id":"7a1dc69b-0934-4d3d-9540-00aa2ecfa158","date":"2022-01","title":"Founded Nomad Capital","type":"CREATED","description":"Following his time at CoinMarketCap, Zhang founded Nomad Capital, a venture capital firm, where he serves as the Founding and Managing Partner.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"b8e11c20-9a75-4535-9b82-9061e322ad77","date":"2020-01","title":"Appointed CEO of CoinMarketCap","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Erick Zhang took on the role of Chief Executive Officer at CoinMarketCap, a leading crypto data aggregator.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"e78896d4-a2cd-4d33-8d26-5423fba9ddad","date":"2021-12","title":"Ended Tenure as CoinMarketCap CEO","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Zhang concluded his tenure as the CEO of CoinMarketCap after serving in the role for approximately one year.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":[],"speakers":[]}}