Gregory Simon

Gregory Simon is the CEO and founder of Loyyal, a blockchain-based loyalty and rewards platform. Gregory is also a founding member of the Bitcoin Association and was president from 2014 to 2017. Prior to Loyyal, Simon was the CEO and co-founder of Campus Legends, the first official marketplace for collegiate digital collectibles. Gregory has also advised for Factom, a protocol that makes Bitcoin 2.0 applications run faster, cheaper, and with less bloat. Simon is based in Austin, Texas.

Gregory Simon started their educational career by studying accounting and finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earning their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in accounting. Gregory then pursued an intensive study of Japanese language at Nanzan University before earning their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia Business School. Following their MBA, Simon earned certification in sports marketing from Northwestern University, and later went on to earn certifications in cryptocurrency from the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium and the Digital Currency Council. Finally, they became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) through 8450.