Billy Markus is a programmer and co-creator of Dogecoin, launched in late 2013 alongside Jackson Palmer. Originally intended as a joke to mock serious cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin, the duo never anticipated its meteoric rise. Before his venture into crypto, Markus worked as a senior software engineer at IBM.
Markus's net worth is $5M.
Before developing Dogecoin, Markus worked at the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).