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Who owns Tether?

3 of the world’s richest people hold Tether in our tracked profiles.

Billionaire holders

  1. Giancarlo DevasiniFinance
    ChairmanTether Holdings, S.A. de C.V. (issuer of USDT stablecoin; HQ San Salvador, El Salvador) · >50% voting interest (SEC Form 3); Forbes estimates ~45% economic stake · as of Feb 2025
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    Entry
    Tether Holdings, S.A. de C.V. (issuer of USDT stablecoin; HQ San Salvador, El Salvador)
    Role
    Chairman; controlling holder (SEC filings state he holds greater than 50% voting interest in Tether Holdings)
    Stake
    >50% voting interest (SEC Form 3); Forbes estimates ~45% economic stake
    Stake as of
    2025-02-07 (SEC); 2026-09-24 (Forbes)
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  2. Jean-Louis van der VeldeFinance
    shareholder~20% · as of Sep 2026
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    Entry
    Tether
    Role
    shareholder (former CEO)
    Stake
    ~20%
    Stake as of
    2026-09-24
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  3. Paolo ArdoinoFinance
    CEOTether (stablecoin issuer USDT; group HQ San Salvador, El Salvador) · ~20% · as of Sep 2026
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Each row is a sourced entry from that person’s profile. Stakes are as of the date shown, not today.

Recent SEC filings

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Recent moves

Nov 10, 2026 edition
Paolo ArdoinoInvestmentFinancePrivateAI read · — Watching

Tether's Ardoino claims more bitcoin than filings show

The move

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a keynote at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano on Nov. 3 that the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin, worth roughly $11.5 billion. Tether's own third-quarter reserve attestation lists $8.37 billion of bitcoin at $83,621 a coin, implying about 100,060 coins, a gap of roughly 50,000 bitcoin worth close to $3.8 billion. Ardoino did not say where the extra coins are held or when they were bought; Tether says its corporate bitcoin holdings are kept separate from the reserves that back its USDT stablecoin.

Why it matters

Tether underpins much of crypto trading liquidity, and a gap this size between a CEO's public claim and the company's own audited reserve snapshot feeds long-running questions about how fully its disclosures capture what it actually holds.

The bear case

Tether offered the same separate-corporate-holdings explanation for a similar gap in 2024, and no independent audit has reconciled either gap, so the extra bitcoin remains unverified.

What to watch

Whether Tether's next quarterly attestation accounts for the gap Ardoino described.

Source · DecryptRead original ↗Report an error
Nov 8, 2026 edition
Giancarlo DevasiniInvestmentFinanceMTAAI read · ▲ Doubling down on gold-adjacent bets

Tether's Devasini lifts stake in a gold royalty firm to 14.6%

The move

Tether Global Investments Fund and Tether International, entities tied to Tether co-founder Giancarlo Devasini, disclosed owning 13,663,050 shares of Metalla Royalty & Streaming, or about 14.6% of the company, in a Schedule 13D/A filed Nov. 4 with the SEC. Paolo Ardoino and Jean-Louis van der Velde are also named as reporting persons on the filing.

Why it matters

The stake extends Tether's push to tie stablecoin-linked cash to gold and gold royalties, a strategy the company has pursued since 2025 alongside a stake in Gold.com and holdings of physical gold bars.

The bear case

Metalla is a small royalty company; even a 14.6% stake is a minor line item next to Tether's broader gold and bitcoin holdings.

What to watch

Any further SEC filings on Tether-linked ownership of gold-royalty firms.

Source · SEC EDGAR (Schedule 13D/A)Read original ↗Report an error
Oct 31, 2026 edition
Paolo ArdoinoInvestmentFinanceGOLDAI read · ▲ Doubling down on gold

Tether's leaders add to their Gold.com stake

The move

Tether's Paolo Ardoino, Giancarlo Devasini and Jean-Louis van der Velde each bought 100,000 shares of Gold.com (NYSE: GOLD) between October 26 and October 28, paying about $3.9 million apiece, according to SEC filings. The purchases add to Tether's existing stake in the gold-trading platform, built through a $150 million investment the company announced in February 2026.

Why it matters

The purchases follow Tether's broader push to tie its stablecoin business to gold, which chief executive Paolo Ardoino has described as a long-term hedge rather than a trade.

The bear case

All three purchases were filed on the same day under the same SEC accession number, which suggests one coordinated move tied to Tether rather than three independent bets on the stock.

What to watch

Any further SEC filings on Tether-linked ownership of Gold.com.

Source · SEC EDGAR (Form 4)Read original ↗Report an error
Oct 16, 2026 edition
Giancarlo DevasiniInvestmentFinanceGOLDAI read · ▲ Buying

Tether's Devasini adds to his Gold.com stake

The move

Giancarlo Devasini, through Tether-controlled entities, bought 32,118 shares of Gold.com on Oct 7 and Oct 12, 2026, for about $39.87-$39.96 a share, roughly $1.28 million total, according to a Form 4 filing signed Oct 13. The filing also shows about 3.37 million Gold.com shares already held through a separate Tether subsidiary.

Why it matters

The purchase adds to Tether's existing position in the gold-focused company, part of a broader push by Devasini and his Bitfinex-linked partners into gold and crypto-adjacent assets.

The bear case

At roughly $1.3 million, the purchase is small next to Tether's multibillion-dollar balance sheet and may not signal a bigger strategic move.

What to watch

Whether Tether discloses a larger change in its Gold.com stake.

Source · SEC EDGAR (Gold.com Form 4)Read original ↗Report an error

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