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List of 50 Billion Dollar Companies (and their Key Leaders) Who are Using Blockchain Technology
List of leading blockchain using companies
Introducing Blockchain 50
With assistance from industry consultants and other experts, Forbesâ team of reporters and editors identified more than 100 big companies actively exploring blockchain through industry consortiums and other proprietary projects. This new list features 50âââwith minimum revenues or valuations of $1 billion, and U.S. operationsâââthat are currently leading the way in adapting decentralized ledgers to their operating needs.
- Allianz SE - GermanyBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, CordaKey leader: Robert Crozier, head of Allianzâs Global Blockchain Centre of Competence
- Amazon - SeattleBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum (later in 2019)Key leader: Rahul Pathak, general manager of Amazon Managed Blockchain at AWS
- Anheuser-Busch InBev - Leuven, BelgiumBlockchain platforms: Ethereum, CordaKey leader: Tassilo Festetics, VP of global solutions
- Ant Financial, Hangzhou- China Blockchain Platforms: Ant Blockchain Key leader: Geoff Jiang, VP of Ant Financial
- BBVA-Bilbao, SpainBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, public EthereumKey leader: Carlos Kuchkovsky, CTO, new digital business
- Bitfury- AmsterdamBlockchain platforms: Exonum, BitcoinKey leadership: Valery Vavilov, CEO and cofounder
- BNP Paribas- ParisBlockchain platforms: Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, EthereumKey leader: Jacques Levet, head of transaction banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa
- BP PLC- LondonBlockchain platforms: Ethereum, Cardano, QuorumKey leader: Julian Gray, technology director, Digital Innovation Organization
- Broadridge- New York CityBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, DAML, QuorumKey leader: Michael Tae, head of strategy
- Bumble Bee Foods- San DiegoBlockchain platform: MultichainKey leader: Tony Costa, CIO
- Cargill- Wayzata, MinnesotaBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Sawtooth, Hyperledger GridKey leader: Keith Narr, VP, Cargill Digital Labs
- Ciox Health- Alpharetta, GaBlockchain platform: EthereumKey leader: Florian Quarre, chief digital officer
- Citigroup- New York CityBlockchain platform: EthereumKey leader: Puneet Singhvi, managing director
- Coinbase- San FranciscoBlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, LumenKey leader: Brian Armstrong, CEO; his Coinbase holdings make him a billionaire
- Comcast- PhiladelphiaBlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, QuorumKey leader: Gil Beyda, managing director, Comcast Ventures
- CVS Health- Woonsocket, RIBlockchain platforms: IBM Blockchain, Hyperledger Indy, Hyperledger SawtoothKey leader: Claus Torp Jensen, CTO of both CVS and Aetna
- The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation- Jersey CityBlockchain platform: AxcoreKey leader: Rob Palatnick, chief technology architect
- Facebook- Menlo Park, CABlockchain platforms: UnknownKey leader: David Marcus, blockchain lead
- Fidelity- BostonBlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, EthereumKey leader: Tom Jessop, president, Fidelity Digital Assets
- Foxconn- Taipei, TaiwanBlockchain platform: EthereumKey leader: Jack Lee, founding managing partner of venture arm HCMÂ Capital
- Golden State Foods- Irvine, CABlockchain platform: IBM BlockchainKey Executives: Bob Wolpert, chief strategy and innovation officer
- Google- Mountain View, CABlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Zcash, Dogecoin, DashKey leader: Allen Day, science advocate
- HPE- San Jose, CABlockchain platforms: Corda, Ethereum, Quorum, Sia, Hyperledger FabricKey leader: Raphael Davison, worldwide director of blockchain
- HTC- Taoyuan, TaiwanBlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, EthereumKey leader: Phil Chen, decentralized chief officer
- IBM- AmsterdamBlockchain platforms: Corda, Quorum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger IndyKey leader: Mariana Gomez de la Villa, program director of distributed ledger technology
- ING- AmsterdamBlockchain platforms: Corda, Quorum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger IndyKey leader: Mariana Gomez de la Villa, program director of distributed ledger technology
- Intel- Santa Clara, CABlockchain platforms: Corda, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger SawtoothKey leader: Michael Reed, director, blockchain program
- JPMorgan Chase- New York CityBlockchain platform: QuorumKey leader: Christine Moy, blockchain lead
- Maersk- CopenhagenBlockchain platforms: IBM Blockchain, Corda Key leader: Michael J. White, head of TradeLens
- Mastercard- Purchase, NYBlockchain platform: Its own platform, built from scratch. Key leader: Ken Moore, EVP and head of Mastercard Labs
- MetLife- New York CityBlockchain platform: InsureChain built on EthereumKey leader: Zia Zaman, CIO of MetLife Asia
- Microsoft- Redmond, WABlockchain platforms: Ethereum, Parity, Quorum, Corda, Hyperledger FabricKey leader: Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure
- Nasdaq- New York CityBlockchain platforms: Symbiont, Corda, Hyperledger Fabric Key leader: Johan Toll, head of digital assets, market technology
- Nestle- Vevey, SwitzerlandBlockchain platform: IBM BlockchainKey leader: Benjamin Dubois, manager of digital transformation
- Northern Trust- ChicagoBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, EthereumKey leader: Justin Chapman, head of market advocacy and research
- Oracle- Redwood Shores, CABlockchain platform: Oracle Blockchain Platform Key leader: Frank Xiong, group vice president, Blockchain Development Platform
- Overstock- Midvale, UTBlockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, RVN, FlorinKey leader: Patrick Byrne, founder and CEO of Overstock
- PNC- PittsburghBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, DAML, Corda, RippleKey leader: J. Christopher Ward, EVP and head of Treasury product management
- Ripple- San FranciscoBlockchain platform: XRP LedgerKey leader: Brad Garlinghouse, CEO
- Samsung- SeoulBlockchain platforms: Nexledger, EthereumKey leader: Jeanie Hong, SVP and head of Blockchain Center
- Santander- MadridBlockchain platforms: RippleNet, Hyperledger FabricKey leader: MarĂa de la ConcepciĂłn de Monteverde, director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence
- SAP SE- Walldorf, GermanyBlockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric, MultiChain, Quorum Key leader: Raimund Gross, chief innovation strategist, Blockchain
- Seagate Technology- Cupertino, CABlockchain platform: Hyperledger FabricKey leader: Manuel Offenberg, managing technologist and data security research lead
- Siemens- MunichBlockchain platforms: Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, CordaKey leader: Bernd Rosauer, head of research, Technology Field IT Platforms
- Signature Bank- New York CityBlockchain platform: A private, Ethereum-based blockchainKey leader: Frank Santora, senior vice president and director of digital asset solutions
- State Farm- Bloomington, ILBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, QuorumKey leader: Mike Fields, innovation executive at State Farm REDÂ Labs
- UBS- ZurichBlockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum, Quorum, CordaKey leader: Sam Chadwick, head of blockchain
- Visa- San FranciscoBlockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric . Key leader: Kevin Phalen, global head of business solutions
- VMware- Palo Alto, CABlockchain platforms: Project Concord, a new blockchain, which supports multiple frameworks such as EthereumKey leader: Mike DiPetrillo, senior director, Blockchain
- Walmart- Bentonville, ARBlockchain platform: Hyperledger FabricKey leader: Karl Bedwell, senior director, Global Business Services & Technology
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