# Paolo Ardoino Chief Executive Officer · [Tether](https://gold.tether.to/) [X](https://x.com/paoloardoino) [Company bio](https://tether.to/en/about-us/) ## About Paolo Ardoino is Chief Executive Officer at Tether. His career includes serving as Chief Technology Officer at Tether from 2017 to 2023, as well as holding Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer roles at Bitfinex and Holepunch respectively. He co-led the strategy behind the growth of Tether's market capitalization to about $83 billion by October 2023 and is a co-sponsor of the Bitfinex Freedom Manifesto on Bitcoin, Lightning and peer-to-peer technologies. ## Experience - Chief Executive Officer · Tether · 2023 – Present - Chief Technology Officer · Tether · 2017 – 2023 - Chief Technology Officer · Bitfinex - Chief Strategy Officer · Holepunch - Technology roles · Bitfinex · 2014 – Present ## Notable achievements - Co-led the strategy behind the growth of Tether’s market capitalization to about $83B by October 2023 - Co-sponsor of the Bitfinex Freedom Manifesto on Bitcoin, Lightning and peer-to-peer technologies ## Assets on this site - [XAUT Tether Gold](https://galactic.inc/analytics/xaut/) ## Sources - [Tether: About us (leadership team)](https://tether.to/en/about-us/) - [Tether: Tether appoints Paolo Ardoino as CEO (Oct 2023)](https://tether.io/news/tether-appoints-paolo-ardoino-as-ceo/)