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John D'Agostino is an American business executive and entrepreneur. He is a senior advisor to Coinbase, Chairman of US Asset Management Committee for the Department for International Trade, a lecturer at MIT and Columbia, and a Harvard MBA graduate.
He previously served as US Managing Director at the world's largest fund governance firm Waystone Governance, where he also served on the board of hedge funds providing independent oversight. He was previously a managing director at Alkeon Capital Management, a multibillion-dollar registered investment adviser. John served as VP and Head of Strategy for the New York Mercantile Exchange, where as part of the leadership team, he helped transition the floor to electronic trading. John is also known for his involvement in the early development of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.
John’s story was the focus of the book Rigged, the True Story of an Ivy League Kid who Changed the World of Oil by New York Times best-selling author Ben Mezrich. John was featured in "The Startup of You" by Reid Hoffman in 2012.
He is the founder of Dagger LLC, a strategic consulting and advisory firm and in 2019 he was named Chair of the UK Consulate’s Financial Services Working Group.
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