Mr. Sun graduated from Peking University, China’s top university, with a bachelors degree in History. During the course of his study, he became the president of the university’s association of western studies and also made the dean’s list regularly. He furthered his education at University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 2013 with a Master of Arts Degree in Political Economy. A couple of months ago, Justin also graduated from Hupan University where he presented his thesis on “The Birth of a Decentralized Internet.”
With his background and achievements, Justin has shown that the blockchain world and tech world at large is not reserved for only computer engineering graduates. Skills and knowledge from different backgrounds can also be put to productive use in the space.
The crowdsale for Tronix coin (TRX), the token for the Tron platform, raised $70 million in September 2017. Since then, the price of the token has increased tremendously both in dollar and Bitcoin terms. Even without actually releasing the final product, we can say Mr. Sun has already been successful.
One reason for this success is that he and the Tron team pushed to have the token listed on cryptocurrency exchanges early on. In less than a year, Tronix (TRX) is already being traded on top exchanges like Binance, Huobi, OKEx, Bittrex, and Upbit.
Also, Justin is probably the type of founder most cryptocurrency holders would want for their altcoin. Amongst other contributions of his, Justin Sun frequently provides twitter updates on Tron. The cryptocurrency’s founder simply doesn’t shy away from talking up the price. Such announcements have often led to increases in the price of the cryptocurrency. Tron has in recent months been a top gainer on the cryptocurrency market on a number of occasions.
With the launch of the Tron virtual machine slated for 25 May and the mainnet launch expected on the 31st of the same month, we can be prepared to see more social media antics from Justin as well as positive price action for Tron. As a matter of fact, this might already be happening. The price of TRX has seen a 10% increase within the last 24 hours.
The same year he graduated from Univerisity of Pennsylvania, Sun worked for Ripple Labs’ China operations for about 2 years. At Ripple Labs, he worked as chief representative in Greater China, special representative and later played the role of advisor.
We have become used to young and successful individuals in the tech world but this does not mean it has become easier to reach such heights at an early stage in life. At the age of 26, Justin Sun already has an impressive track record. With Tron and the blockchain world, there should be more to come. We will continue to follow progress on Tron and see if it lives up to the hype.
