Wikipedia - Sam Bankman-Fried

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Relevant to AI safety as SBF was a major funder of EA and AI safety organizations; his fraud conviction raised concerns about donor vetting, funding concentration risks, and reputational damage to the broader AI safety field.

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Wikipedia biography of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and Alameda Research, who was convicted of fraud and related crimes in November 2023 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. SBF was a prominent figure in the effective altruism community and made large donations to AI safety causes before FTX's collapse in 2022.

Key Points

•SBF founded FTX cryptocurrency exchange and co-founded Alameda Research, becoming one of the wealthiest Americans before FTX's collapse in November 2022.
•Convicted in November 2023 on 7 counts including wire fraud, securities fraud, commodities fraud, and money laundering; sentenced to 25 years in prison.
•Was a high-profile advocate of effective altruism (EA) and donated significantly to AI safety and biosecurity causes, raising questions about EA's vetting processes.
•FTX's collapse and SBF's fraud conviction became a reputational crisis for the EA and AI safety communities given his prominent role as a major donor.
•His brother Gabriel Bankman-Fried was also involved in EA-aligned political advocacy, highlighting the family's deep ties to the movement.

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# Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried

American entrepreneur/fraudster (born 1992)

| Sam Bankman-Fried |
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| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sam_Bankman-Fried_%28cropped%29.png/500px-Sam_Bankman-Fried_%28cropped%29.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Bankman-Fried_(cropped).png)<br>Bankman-Fried in 2021 |
| Born | Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried<br> (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992 (age34)[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried#cite_note-Lewis-20231102-1)<br>[Stanford, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford,_California "Stanford, California"), U.S. |
| Othernames | SBF |
| Education | [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology "Massachusetts Institute of Technology") ( [BS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science")) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Knownfor | - CEO of [FTX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX "FTX")<br>- Co-founder of [Alameda Research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Research "Alameda Research") |
| Parent(s) | [Joseph Bankman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bankman "Joseph Bankman") (father)<br>[Barbara Fried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fried "Barbara Fried") (mother) |
| Relatives | [Linda P. Fried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_P._Fried "Linda P. Fried") (aunt)<br>Gabriel Bankman-Fried (brother) |
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| [Convictions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction "Conviction") | - [Wire fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud#Wire_fraud "Mail and wire fraud") (2 counts)<br>- [Conspiracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_conspiracy "Criminal conspiracy")(5 counts)<br>  <br>  - Conspiracy to commit wire fraud (2 counts)<br>  - Conspiracy to commit [securities fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_fraud "Securities fraud")<br>  - Conspiracy to commit [commodities fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud#Commodities_fraud "Fraud")<br>  - Conspiracy to commit [money laundering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering "Money laundering") |
| Criminal penalty | 25 years in prison |
| Date apprehended | August 11, 2023 |
| Imprisonedat | [Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Terminal_Island "Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island") |
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**Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried**[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried#cite_note-2) (born March 5, 1992), commonly known as **SBF**,[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried#cite_note-Turner-3) is an American [entrepreneur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur "Entrepreneur") who was convicted of [fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud "Fraud") and related crimes in November 2023. Bankman-Fried founded the [FTX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX "FTX") [cryptocurrency exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_exchange "Cryptocurrenc

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