Crypto Investment Firm Grayscale Names New CEO, Plans to Double Staff in 2021

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has named Michael Sonnenshein, currently the firm's managing director, as CEO.

Sonnenshein has been with Grayscale for seven years and will now take over the CEO role from Grayscale’s founder, Barry Silbert, according to an announcement Thursday.
Prior to his time at Grayscale, Sonnenshein held roles at JPMorgan, Barclays and Bank of America.
Grayscale's assets under management has grown from $2 billion at the start of 2020 to over $20 billion today, making it one of the fastest-growing asset managers of all time, said Silbert.
Silbert will continue as CEO of Grayscale’s parent company, Digital Currency Group, the parent company of CoinDesk.
As CEO, Sonnenshein is expected to guide Grayscale's strategic direction and help scale the business.
As part of that effort, the company expects to double its staff in 2021, as well as roll out new investment products.

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