Charles Hoskinson is a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO & Founder of Input | Output, the company behind the Cardano blockchain. He has testified in front of the US Congress, operates a 11,000 acre bison ranch, owns both a construction company and a state-of-the-art healthcare clinic focused on anti-aging in rural Wyoming, is part of the group that de-extincted the dire wolf, is a co-founder of a lab that is genetically engineering bioluminescent plants, and even funded and joined a maritime expedition near Papua New Guinea that recovered extrasolar fragments from the ocean floor.

In 2021, Charles founded the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University in order to promote the use of formal computational methods and new technologies for mathematical research and education. He is a blockchain pioneer with a large following on YouTube and X, where he shares his genuine thoughts on a huge range of subjects and interests.