Co-Founder of Ethereum; Vitalik Buterin
Vitaly Dmitriyevich "Vitalik" Buterin ( Russian : Виталий Дмитриевич Бутерин ; born January 31, 1994) is a Russian - Canadian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine . Personal life Buterin was born in Kolomna , Moscow Oblast , Russia , to Dmitry Buterin, a computer scientist, and Natalia Ameline (née Chistyakova). He lived in the area until the age of six when his parents emigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities. While in grade three of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children and started to understand that he was drawn to math, programming, and economics. Buterin attended the Abelard School , a private high school in Toronto, for four years, which he said, "proved to be among the most interesting and productive years of my life; the closer connection bet...