Michael Jackson

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Formerly COO of Skype, Michael Jackson is a General Partner at Mangrove Capital Partners. Michael spends his time looking for investable projects and advising portfolio companies as they grow into significant operations. Having led the Regulatory aspects of Skype concerning the transition of telecommunications to Peer to Peer models on the net, the natural next step is virtual money. Here both legislation and product need to adopt to fit the new world. Michael participates in various Bitcoin regulatory forums.

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