Jake Nyquist
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📍 New York, New York, United States
Jake is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first tech company while still in college. Now based in New York, he grew up in Texas where he played high school football. His personal interests include art, exploring how artists interpret the world, and the markets around unique and unconventional assets.
Read the full overview →Experience
10 Years
Current Role
EM
Location
New York, New York, United States
Personality Overview
How Jake shows up
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Priorities
Topics Jake cares about
DeFi Accessibility
His current role at Privy is centered on building infrastructure to make decentralized finance accessible to all developers and their users.
Scaling Ethereum
He has stated his focus is on scaling Ethereum for a wider audience and has deep, hands-on experience with rollup infrastructure at Caldera.
Career
Work history
2-2026
EM
Privy
6-2025 - 1-2026
Head of Engineering
Caldera
10-2024 - 6-2025
Head of Protocol
Caldera
2-2022 - 9-2024
Co-Founder
Hook
6-2019 - 2-2022
Founder
Hook Art
In the press
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Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Rice University
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St. John's School
Social presence
Behavioral profile
DISC profile (public)
DISC behavioral profile
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