Entrepreneur. Investor. Lifelong learner.
Jordan Fried grew up in Buffalo, New York, the second oldest of ten children. He was passionate about business from a very early age, mainly as a way to buy new shoes and clothes.
He dropped out of college and moved to Budapest, Hungary, where he started and sold his first software company, Buffered VPN.
Since then Jordan has started and backed several other businesses. He was on the founding team of Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) and an investor, and he founded PuertoRico.com and Emailchaser.com. After October 7, 2023, he bought the Israel.com domain to fight misinformation about Israel and co-founded Israel Friends, which has delivered more than $50 million in critical aid.
Today he is CEO of ZOOZ Strategy, a bitcoin treasury company listed on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and lives in Puerto Rico.
An active technology investor, Jordan has been featured in TIME, Entrepreneur, Inc., Wired, Success, Business Insider, Forbes, and more. He’s also a family man, and still asks himself one question: what will people say about you at your funeral?
The long way around.
- Early yearsBuffalo, New YorkSecond oldest of ten in a big, diverse family. Business bug from day one.
- BudapestBuffered VPNDropped out of college, moved to Hungary, built and sold his first software company.
- 2017Hedera HashgraphJoined the founding team and invested after meeting Mance Harmon and Dr. Leemon Baird. Led go-to-market and helped build the enterprise governing council.
- 2020PuertoRico.comMoved to Puerto Rico, fell in love with the island, and launched a media company to share it.
- Puerto RicoEmailchaser.comBuilt a cold email platform that lands in the primary inbox, not spam.
- 2023Israel.com & Israel FriendsAfter October 7, bought Israel.com to fight misinformation and co-founded Israel Friends: over $50M in aid, including chartered flights of reservists and supplies.
- 2025ZOOZ StrategyCEO of the Nasdaq- and TASE-listed bitcoin treasury company (ticker: ZOOZ).
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Keynotes that land.
Jordan is an entertaining, thought-provoking speaker and a successful founder and CEO, known for leaving audiences entertained, motivated, and asking for more.
“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us.”
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