All you should know about Justin Sun and his relationships with Trump
Crypto JUSTIN Sun is now $ 100,000 with a $ 100,000 with a Trump brand on his arm, but he is not strange to high life.
The billionaire was one of 220 of the best supporters of President Donald Mimi Trump currency$ Trump, who was invited to a private dinner with the president on May 22.
In this event, Sun said he was talented at the Trump Torbion watch, which sells $ 100,000 – another of Trump family trade interests In addition to the encrypted currency.
According to Forbes ‘Net Tracker’ in an actual time, the 34 -year -old Tron founder is estimated that about $ 8.5 billion.
Here is everything that must be known about Sun-from his legal problems to buying it for the banana recorded for the channel.
Early life of the sun and education
Sun grew up in a rural province in China and left home at an early age to study the “Go” strategy game in Wuhan, according to The Verge.
Sun graduated from Beijing University with a Bachelor’s degree in history in 2011. Two years later, he obtained a master’s degree in political economy from Pennsylvania University.
Sun joined Hoban University – a Chinese business school that was started by the founder of Ali Baba Jack Ma in 2015 – where he wrote a thesis on the Blockchain industry, entitled “The birth of the decentralized internet”.
Sun was the youngest member of Hoban’s opening chapter, which included 30 students who recruited him because he believed they could revolutionize the Chinese business world, according to the South China Morning Post. Sun graduated from Hoban in 2018.
The oldest photo of Instagram appears in Sun obtaining a MA certificate. “It is inspired by the best to form the future for the better,” says the explanatory name.
The rise of the sun in the world of encryption
Sun has worked at Crypto Company, based in San Francisco, Ripple Labs, a cryptocurrency emerging company that has received support from Google Ventures, Andressen Horowitz and other blue chip investors.
In 2013, Sun founded the social chat room application called Peiwo. The application match users with each other based on their interests and 10 seconds audio clips. However, China eventually launched and closed and closed to disrupt “socialist values”.
In 2017, Sun TON, Blockchain, was founded with its own encoded currency “devoted to building a decentralized internet infrastructure”. Tron says its network has more than 308 million Blockchain users and has more than 10.4 billion transactions.
Less than a year later, Tron acquired Bittorrent, a service sharing file to analogy, for $ 126 million.
In 2022, Sun joined the World Consulting Council for Celipple Exchange HTX, known and then known as Huobi Global.
Personal life Warne Pavite
Sun collected more than 3.8 million followers on X and 240,000 Instagram followers, as he posted pictures of himself with celebrities such as Los Angeles Lakers Cuban Bryant.
Forbes Sun included a 30 -year -old menu in 2017, and recently, The Outlet Sun was distinguished as a digital daily cover in March this year.
In 2019, Sun $ 4.57 million has made a charitable lunch sponsored by Ebay with Warren Buffett. Sun said he intends to use the meal to convert the Pavite, a Skeptical about the notorious bitcoin And other cryptocurrencies, to a real believer. Pavite said that Bitcoin has no unique value and will ultimately become worthless, and mocked it from “illusion” and “perhaps poisoning square mice.”
Sun postponed dinner With Buffett, quoting kidney stones, which sparked conspiracy theories that were pressured by China. But after months, Finally, Sun eaten his dinner With Pavite in January 2020, Etoro founder and CEO of Yoni Assia, Litecoin Charlie Lee invited, and other encryption preachers to eat with them.
Legal problems and investment in the world financial freedom
In 2023, the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee presented charges against Sun and three companies – TON Foundation, Bittorrent, and Rainberry.
The Federal Agency accused Sun of submitting and selling securities to encryption assets without appropriate registration. Sun also faces allegations of fraud to manipulate the market price in the encryption currency, TRX.
In addition, Sun was accused of not being disclosed by the extent to which celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and Sulja Boy were not disclosed to promote an encrypted currency, which would have violated federal securities laws.
In December 2024, SUN bought $ 30 million of unique codes from World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the new project supported by Trump and his family. On February 26, the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee applied to stop its case against Sun and allowed for 60 days to explore a possible settlement.
Since then, Sun has invested an additional $ 45 million in WLF. On January 22, Sun posted on X that “earning any money in the encrypted currency, all credit goes to President Trump.”
Flash lifestyle
In November 2024, Sun bought the conceptual artistic work of Maurizio Cattelaan entitled Comedian, which consists of a banana channel recorded on the wall, for $ 6.2 million at the Sotheby auction.
The sale of the division -made piece has greatly exceeded its estimated value from $ 1 to $ 1.5 million.
Shortly after the acquisition, the banana was consumed during a press event in Hong Kong, saying that “the real value is the same concept.” He said that the act is not related to the destruction of artistic work, but rather to highlight its Za’i nature.
In the direct event, Sun also pledged to buy 100,000 banana from the New York Street seller who sold the original fruits used in the artwork.
Sun wrote on X.
This is not the only time that the sun shines on artwork.
In December 2021, NFT was bought under the title Joker of the Ape Yacht Club Tron collection for $ 15 million, one of the most expensive NFT purchases.
Sun also spent $ 78.4 million on the bronze sculpture made from Giakometi, adding to his collection of $ 20 million in Picasso’s image of Marie Teres, a trilogy of “borrowed hair” images by Andy Warhol for two million dollars, and Kaws’ Untitled (Kimpsons) for $ 323,647.
Regardless of art, Sun also spent $ 28 million to secure a seat on a blue origin trip to space, which he revealed after winning the auction at the auction of the first mission that was created on the new Sheparbard missile.
Samantha Deloya contributed to a previous version of this post.