Zach Bruch, CEO

About

Zach Bruch, noted internet entrepreneur, executive, and major investor in capital markets, has built an over $1 billion + portfolio of businesses spanning multiple industries and categories. Driven by an innate passion for business and entrepreneurship, Zach is the Founder & CEO of MyTech, the fastest growing platform in the free-to-play games market.

Zach previously founded RECUR, a marketing platform and infrastructure company for major global entertainment and media businesses. Under Bruch’s leadership, RECUR scaled to an over $300 million business while raising $55 million in venture capital from renowned investors like Steven A. Cohen. At RECUR, Zach structured major client partnerships to support global entertainment conglomerates, including Paramount Global, Playtika, and Sanrio, among others.

Zach also founded several other major venture-backed technology businesses including Switchboard, an oracle and data infrastructure platform which currently secures over $1 billion in total value, as well as Porter, the fastest growing software platform designed specifically for the tattoo industry. Porter provides a comprehensive suite of tools including booking management, payment processing, and customer relationship management features specifically tailored for tattoo businesses.

Zach began his career as a member of Kraken’s institutional trading operation. Kraken is one of the world’s largest and longest standing exchanges for digital assets. Zach helped build Kraken’s first over-the-counter trading desk into one of the largest trading operations globally. Due to his efforts at Kraken, Zach was tapped by DRW, one of the world’s leading high frequency trading firms, to serve as its Head of Sales & Trading for the Americas for their Cumberland unit. Bruch helped grow DRW into the world’s largest institutional digital asset trading desk. After DRW, Zach became the Global Co-Head of OTC Trading at the major investment, lending, and trading firm, JST Capital.

In addition to Zach’s roles as a founder, technology entrepreneur, and executive, Zach continues to actively manage and trade his personal investment portfolio spanning numerous asset classes. Through Zach’s investing in a personal capacity, he became one of the largest individual traders in the crypto markets. Notably, Zach became the largest individual trader on the crypto exchange FTX and was Top 25 most profitable trader overall on the platform. Zach was appointed by the US Department of Justice as one of nine to represent all of the creditors and victims of FTX on its creditors committee. Ultimately, with Zach’s expertise and guidance, Zach was able to help recover billions of dollars for himself and the other countless victims of FTX.

Outside of his efforts as an executive and investor, Zach is also an active philanthropist via his Zach Bruch Family Foundation and participant in numerous initiatives, particularly those supporting community development. Zach contributes his time and resources across causes in numerous communities including Miami, New York, New Jersey, and Detroit, among others.

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