The four founders of the USDT Tether stablecoin company have become dollar billionaires. If the company is sold, they will be able to raise $ 9 billion, writes Forbes.

Chief Financial Officer Giancarlo Devasini owns over 40% of the company. Second on the list is CEO Jan Ludovicus van der Velde, who is responsible for strategic decisions in relations with banks and regulators. The third journalists call technical director Paolo Ardoino (Paolo Ardoino), who is responsible for PR. He and Van der Velde each have stakes in the company valued at $1.8 billion.

Another top manager, Tether’s director of legal department Stuart Hoegner, owns $1.2 billion worth of company shares.

The company has not yet commented on the publication.

Recently, Tether management decided to invest up to 15% of net profit in bitcoin every month to diversify reserves. The company has already invested $1.5 billion in BTC.

In June, Tether said that the company’s capitalization reached a record and now stands at $83.2 billion, according to a report dated June 1. Ardoino then said that the success of the company is due to the fact that people want to access financial freedom.