Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

Tyler Winklevoss, 2012

Cameron Winklevoss in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

The twin brothers Tyler Howard Winklevoss and Cameron Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981 in Southampton , Suffolk County, New York ) are American entrepreneurs , venture capitalists and rowers .

Both studied at Harvard and Oxford . In December 2002 they founded the social network ConnectU together with fellow student Divya Narendra . In 2004, both of them sued their fellow student Mark Zuckerberg on the charge that he had stolen the idea for Facebook from ConnectU . The litigation ended with a $ 65 million settlement from Zuckerberg to the Winklevoss brothers .

In 2008, the brothers took part in the rowing competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the two-man boat class without a helmsman and came in sixth there. The following year they finished ninth with the US eighth at the World Rowing Championships in Poland .

Cameron and Tyler lead a venture capital - companies . In April 2013, the brothers announced that they had invested $ 11 million in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin . In June 2013 they announced that they wanted to set up a fund for bitcoins to make it easier for non-computer-savvy investors to invest in bitcoins .

In 2018 they founded the non-profit organization Virtual Commodity Association for the self-regulation of crypto exchange platforms.

Web links

Winklevoss Capital
Cameron Winklevoss in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Tyler Winklevoss in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Cameron Winklevoss at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Tyler Winklevoss at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Cameron Winklevoss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Tyler Winklevoss in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ stk / dpad / AFP / dpa : Dispute over Facebook idea: Zuckerberg opponents give up. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, June 23, 2011, accessed April 16, 2013 .
↑ Mashable Video: Winklevoss Twins Start Up a Venture Capital Firm. [VIDEO]. In: Mashable . Mashable Inc., April 28, 2012, accessed April 16, 2013 .
↑ Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman: Nevermind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money. In: DealB% k. The New York Times , April 11, 2013, accessed April 16, 2013 (American English).
↑ Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman: Winklevoss Twins plan First Fund for Bitcoins. In: DealB% k. The New York Times, July 1, 2013, accessed August 5, 2013 .
↑ Markus Böhm / AFP: Virtual currency: Winklevoss twins are planning a Bitcoin asset company. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, July 2, 2013, accessed on August 5, 2013 .
↑ Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges Team Up with Winlkevoss Twins to Create a Self-Regulatory Organization. In: Bitcoins Channel. Bitcoins Channel, August 21, 2018, accessed August 22, 2018 (American English).

[1] stk / dpad / AFP / dpa : Dispute over Facebook idea: Zuckerberg opponents give up. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, June 23, 2011, accessed April 16, 2013 .

[2] Mashable Video: Winklevoss Twins Start Up a Venture Capital Firm. [VIDEO]. In: Mashable . Mashable Inc., April 28, 2012, accessed April 16, 2013 .

[3] Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman: Nevermind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money. In: DealB% k. The New York Times , April 11, 2013, accessed April 16, 2013 (American English).

[4] Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman: Winklevoss Twins plan First Fund for Bitcoins. In: DealB% k. The New York Times, July 1, 2013, accessed August 5, 2013 .

[5] Markus Böhm / AFP: Virtual currency: Winklevoss twins are planning a Bitcoin asset company. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, July 2, 2013, accessed on August 5, 2013 .

[6] Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges Team Up with Winlkevoss Twins to Create a Self-Regulatory Organization. In: Bitcoins Channel. Bitcoins Channel, August 21, 2018, accessed August 22, 2018 (American English).