FROM FRYING BURGERS TO FOUNDING BINANCE: THE CZ STORY 🍔🚀
I can’t stop thinking about the story of Changpeng Zhao, the famous CZ. As a teenager, newly arrived in Canada with his family, he worked at McDonald’s for 4.5 Canadian dollars an hour and pulled night shifts at a gas station to help out at home. Years later, he studied computer science, worked at Bloomberg, and in 2017 founded Binance, which became the world’s largest exchange.
His story also includes a fall: in 2023, he pleaded guilty to failures in the anti-money-laundering program, stepped down as CEO, and spent 4 months in prison. In October 2025, he was pardoned by Trump, and today he still owns close to 90% of Binance.
To me, the most remarkable thing isn’t that he reached the top, but that he got back up after hitting rock bottom.
The chart for $BNB shows where his exchange’s coin stands today. Do you think CZ’s story is over, or does he still have another chapter ahead?
#OvercomingAdversity
I can’t stop thinking about the story of Changpeng Zhao, the famous CZ. As a teenager, newly arrived in Canada with his family, he worked at McDonald’s for 4.5 Canadian dollars an hour and pulled night shifts at a gas station to help out at home. Years later, he studied computer science, worked at Bloomberg, and in 2017 founded Binance, which became the world’s largest exchange.
His story also includes a fall: in 2023, he pleaded guilty to failures in the anti-money-laundering program, stepped down as CEO, and spent 4 months in prison. In October 2025, he was pardoned by Trump, and today he still owns close to 90% of Binance.
To me, the most remarkable thing isn’t that he reached the top, but that he got back up after hitting rock bottom.
The chart for $BNB shows where his exchange’s coin stands today. Do you think CZ’s story is over, or does he still have another chapter ahead?
#OvercomingAdversity
