List of 50 Billion Dollar Companies (and their Key Leaders) Who are Using Blockchain Technology
Introducing Blockchain 50
With assistance from industry consultants and other experts, Forbes’ 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 50 — with minimum revenues or valuations of $1 billion, and U.S. operations — that are currently leading the way in adapting decentralized ledgers to their operating needs.
- Allianz SE – Germany
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Corda
Key leader: Robert Crozier, head of Allianz’s Global Blockchain Centre of Competence - Amazon – Seattle
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum (later in 2019)
Key leader: Rahul Pathak, general manager of Amazon Managed Blockchain at AWS - Anheuser-Busch InBev – Leuven, Belgium
Blockchain platforms: Ethereum, Corda
Key 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, Spain
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, public Ethereum
Key leader: Carlos Kuchkovsky, CTO, new digital business - Bitfury- Amsterdam
Blockchain platforms: Exonum, Bitcoin
Key leadership: Valery Vavilov, CEO and cofounder - BNP Paribas- Paris
Blockchain platforms: Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum
Key leader: Jacques Levet, head of transaction banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa - BP PLC- London
Blockchain platforms: Ethereum, Cardano, Quorum
Key leader: Julian Gray, technology director, Digital Innovation Organization - Broadridge- New York City
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, DAML, Quorum
Key leader: Michael Tae, head of strategy - Bumble Bee Foods- San Diego
Blockchain platform: Multichain
Key leader: Tony Costa, CIO - Cargill- Wayzata, Minnesota
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Sawtooth, Hyperledger Grid
Key leader: Keith Narr, VP, Cargill Digital Labs - Ciox Health- Alpharetta, Ga
Blockchain platform: Ethereum
Key leader: Florian Quarre, chief digital officer - Citigroup- New York City
Blockchain platform: Ethereum
Key leader: Puneet Singhvi, managing director - Coinbase- San Francisco
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Lumen
Key leader: Brian Armstrong, CEO; his Coinbase holdings make him a billionaire - Comcast- Philadelphia
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Quorum
Key leader: Gil Beyda, managing director, Comcast Ventures - CVS Health- Woonsocket, RI
Blockchain platforms: IBM Blockchain, Hyperledger Indy, Hyperledger Sawtooth
Key leader: Claus Torp Jensen, CTO of both CVS and Aetna - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation- Jersey City
Blockchain platform: Axcore
Key leader: Rob Palatnick, chief technology architect - Facebook- Menlo Park, CA
Blockchain platforms: Unknown
Key leader: David Marcus, blockchain lead - Fidelity- Boston
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum
Key leader: Tom Jessop, president, Fidelity Digital Assets - Foxconn- Taipei, Taiwan
Blockchain platform: Ethereum
Key leader: Jack Lee, founding managing partner of venture arm HCM Capital - Golden State Foods- Irvine, CA
Blockchain platform: IBM Blockchain
Key Executives: Bob Wolpert, chief strategy and innovation officer - Google- Mountain View, CA
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Zcash, Dogecoin, Dash
Key leader: Allen Day, science advocate - HPE- San Jose, CA
Blockchain platforms: Corda, Ethereum, Quorum, Sia, Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: Raphael Davison, worldwide director of blockchain - HTC- Taoyuan, Taiwan
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum
Key leader: Phil Chen, decentralized chief officer - IBM- Amsterdam
Blockchain platforms: Corda, Quorum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Indy
Key leader: Mariana Gomez de la Villa, program director of distributed ledger technology - ING- Amsterdam
Blockchain platforms: Corda, Quorum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Indy
Key leader: Mariana Gomez de la Villa, program director of distributed ledger technology - Intel- Santa Clara, CA
Blockchain platforms: Corda, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Sawtooth
Key leader: Michael Reed, director, blockchain program - JPMorgan Chase- New York City
Blockchain platform: Quorum
Key leader: Christine Moy, blockchain lead - Maersk- Copenhagen
Blockchain platforms: IBM Blockchain, Corda
Key leader: Michael J. White, head of TradeLens - Mastercard- Purchase, NY
Blockchain platform: Its own platform, built from scratch.
Key leader: Ken Moore, EVP and head of Mastercard Labs - MetLife- New York City
Blockchain platform: InsureChain built on Ethereum
Key leader: Zia Zaman, CIO of MetLife Asia - Microsoft- Redmond, WA
Blockchain platforms: Ethereum, Parity, Quorum, Corda, Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure - Nasdaq- New York City
Blockchain platforms: Symbiont, Corda, Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: Johan Toll, head of digital assets, market technology - Nestle- Vevey, Switzerland
Blockchain platform: IBM Blockchain
Key leader: Benjamin Dubois, manager of digital transformation - Northern Trust- Chicago
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum
Key leader: Justin Chapman, head of market advocacy and research - Oracle- Redwood Shores, CA
Blockchain platform: Oracle Blockchain Platform
Key leader: Frank Xiong, group vice president, Blockchain Development Platform - Overstock- Midvale, UT
Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, RVN, Florin
Key leader: Patrick Byrne, founder and CEO of Overstock - PNC- Pittsburgh
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, DAML, Corda, Ripple
Key leader: J. Christopher Ward, EVP and head of Treasury product management - Ripple- San Francisco
Blockchain platform: XRP Ledger
Key leader: Brad Garlinghouse, CEO - Samsung- Seoul
Blockchain platforms: Nexledger, Ethereum
Key leader: Jeanie Hong, SVP and head of Blockchain Center - Santander- Madrid
Blockchain platforms: RippleNet, Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: María de la Concepción de Monteverde, director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence - SAP SE- Walldorf, Germany
Blockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric, MultiChain, Quorum
Key leader: Raimund Gross, chief innovation strategist, Blockchain - Seagate Technology- Cupertino, CA
Blockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: Manuel Offenberg, managing technologist and data security research lead - Siemens- Munich
Blockchain platforms: Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Corda
Key leader: Bernd Rosauer, head of research, Technology Field IT Platforms - Signature Bank- New York City
Blockchain platform: A private, Ethereum-based blockchain
Key leader: Frank Santora, senior vice president and director of digital asset solutions - State Farm- Bloomington, IL
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, Quorum
Key leader: Mike Fields, innovation executive at State Farm RED Labs - UBS- Zurich
Blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum, Quorum, Corda
Key leader: Sam Chadwick, head of blockchain - Visa- San Francisco
Blockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric .
Key leader: Kevin Phalen, global head of business solutions - VMware- Palo Alto, CA
Blockchain platforms: Project Concord, a new blockchain, which supports multiple frameworks such as Ethereum
Key leader: Mike DiPetrillo, senior director, Blockchain - Walmart- Bentonville, AR
Blockchain platform: Hyperledger Fabric
Key leader: Karl Bedwell, senior director, Global Business Services & Technology
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