Anthony Pompliano is a distinguished entrepreneur, and investor, who is also popular with the Pomp podcast. Having been referred to as “Pomp” in the crypto industry, he also served as a US Army veteran for more than 5 years of his career. He is a Bitcoin evangelist and strongly believes in its potential to surpass the market capitalization of gold in less than a decade.

Apart from being an influential figure himself in the crypto industry, Pomp interviewed other prominent people in his podcast. The list includes Michael Saylor, Mark Cuban, Cathie Wood, David Sacks, and others. With millions of subscribers and followers of various social media platforms, Pomp stays active and shares his insights on the crypto industry. Let us learn more about Anthony Pompliano, his career journey, net worth, and personal life in the present article.

Anthony Pompliano Biography

Education and Military Service of Anthony Pompliano

Anthony Pompliano completed his early education from Cardinal Gibbons High School and holds a double major in Economics and Sociology from Bucknell University. When his admission into the University was delayed, Pompliano worked in fast food restaurants such as Chick-fil-A and Quiznos. Later, he visited a US Army recruiting office and signed as a reserve member.

During his service in the US Army for over 5 years from 2006 to 2012, he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pomp was a Distinguished Leader Graduate of the Warrior Leader Course and also a Commandant’s List Graduate of Infantry Leadership School.

Dynamic Career Journey of Anthony Pompliano

After leaving the US Army, Anthony Pompliano founded a social media intelligence platform, Digaforce in January, 2013. The company was successful and was acquired by Strategic Link Partners by the end of the year. After the acquisition, Pomp worked with facebook to lead the Growth and Engagement team in 2014.

Anthony Pompliano, along with Jason Willaims started Full Tilt Capital venture capital fund, through which they invested in 22 deals within just 3 months. When Full Tilt Capital was acquired by Morgan Creek Digital Assets, Anthony became the co-founder and Partner of the company. Morgan Creek Digital is a multi-strategy investment firm that helps institutional investors and wealthy family offices to access blockchain and digital assets.

After being involved with various popular company investments through Morgan Creek Digital, Anthony Pompliano started “Pomp Investments”, a venture capital firm. According to Anthony Pompliano’s LinkedIn profile, Pomp Investments builds companies and invests in others.

Anthony Pompliano also creates content around crypto and Bitcoin on his YouTube channel and other social media platforms. He is active on Twitter, Instagram, facebook, YouTube, and Telegram and has millions of followers across the platforms. The Pomp podcast is a popular and reliable podcast to follow to learn about what is happening around the crypto industry. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube Music, and YouTube to reach a wide audience.

Pompliano’s Bitcoin Advocacy

Anthony Pompliano is a strong advocate of Bitcoin adoption and says that it is an anti fragile investment instrument. He estimated Bitcoin would reach $100,000 in 2021 and still holds a major part of his net worth in Bitcoin. As an anti fragile asset, Pomp says that Bitcoin can surpass gold market capitalization in less than a decade.

Pomp became a popular influential figure in 2020, when he convinced comedian Bill Burr to invest in Bitcoin. Adding to that, he played a crucial role in BlockFi’s funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital.

Anthony Pompliano launched a Bitcoin Pizza chain in May, 2021. It started Pizza deliveries on May 22, the same day when 10,000 Bitcoins were paid for a delivery of 2 Papa John’s Pizzas in 2010. All the funds generated from this venture will go to the “Human Rights Foundation” to support Bitcoin developers.

The Pomp YouTube channel was suspended by the platform because he posted a video advocating Bitcoin in October 2021. During that time, social media platforms didn’t encourage content creators to talk about cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin. However his channel was restored and Pomp stays active on his YouTube channel.

Anthony Pompliano Net Worth

The net worth of Anthony Pompliano is estimated to between $100 million and $200 million. However, the exact figures of his net worth are unknown. While platforms like “Data Wallets” estimated his net worth to be around $100 million, other websites like “Entrepreneur” say that it could be between $750 million – $1 billion.

A major part of Anthony Pompliano’s net worth comes from his strategic investments in successful startups. In one of his podcasts with Lex Fridman in 2021, Pomp revealed that 95% of his net worth was in Bitcoin. The other portion of his wealth comes from investments in startups, real estate, and earnings from his podcast, newsletter, and other social media engagement.

Personal Life of Anthony Pompliano

Anthony Pompliano is one of the four sons of Tony Pompliano, who is well-known as the founder of ANEXIO. The company offers large-scale infrastructure as a solution to businesses. Having an entrepreneur father led the brothers to start their own ventures and become successful in their respective fields. Anthony Pompliano got engaged to Marina Polinova in November 2019 and got married to her in July 2020.

Anthony, John, and Joseph Pompliano are highly successful in their careers and started a platform titled “Pomp Bros”. Here, each of them share their respective endeavors on the platform. While John excel’s in the real estate business, Joseph is involved with the sports media sector and shares his insights through “Huddle Up” newsletter, and both of them are also a part of the Pomp Investments.

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