Brian Estes is the CEO & CIO of Off the Chain Capital which manages the #1 performing blockchain fund in the HFRI Universe over the past 5 years. Brian has been a VC in blockchain for over 7 years and has advised, mentored and/or financed 5 blockchain companies that have a combined value of over $100B today. In addition to running blockchain asset funds, he teaches blockchain and digital asset investing classes at Washington University, Columbia, Tulane, and Morgan State University’s Center of Blockchain and Financial Technology. Prior to his immersion in blockchain, Brian was one of the top-ranked investment managers in the nation. Morningstar ranked his client’s performance between 2004-2014 in the top 1/10th of 1% of the Morningstar equity manager universe. Brian earned his BA in Economics from the University of Illinois, his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis with high honors, and did is study abroad at Cambridge University and the London School of Economics. Brian and his wife Kelly live in Orlando and they have two young adults in college. For fun, Brian has been an active pilot and aircraft owner for 32 years and has over 2200 hours of flight time logged.