Team
Joel Block
Joel Block is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading teams in operations, sales, capital markets and finance. He served as Chief Financial Officer of US Bitcoin Corp., where he led its landmark merger with Hut 8 Corp – the largest in the bitcoin mining sector at the time. Similarly, during the Celsius Bankruptcy / Ionic Digital, he led a $750mm spin out from the bankruptcy auction. Previously, he was CEO of Collegewise, one of the largest college admissions companies.
Tom Masiero
Tom Masiero co-founded Kungsleden Inc.'s predecessor entities in 2022 and has been responsible for growing Kungsleden's power capacity under management to an expected 90 megawatts as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Kungsleden, Tom worked as Cathedra's Head of Business Development in 2022, deploying the Corporation's fleet of over 4,000 latest generation Bitmain mining machines.
Gavin Qu
Gavin Qu was an investor in and co-founder of Kungsleden Inc.'s predecessor entities in 2022. Prior to Kungsleden, he was an investor in and operator of over 200 megawatts of bitcoin mining capacity across dozens of sites in the United States in roles at various companies. Gavin began his career in Goldman Sachs' sales and trading division in Hong Kong.
Inar Kamaletdinov
Inar Kamaletdinov has years of experience in the Canadian capital markets as a finance executive across a range of high-growth sectors. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). Inar is the co-founder of and Partner at Imperium Consulting, a firm providing corporate accounting services. He previously was a Senior Staff Accountant at Ernst & Young.
Joel Block
Joel Block is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading teams in operations, sales, capital markets and finance.
Gavin Qu
Mr. Qu was an investor in and co-founder of Kungsleden Inc.'s predecessor entities in 2022. Prior to Kungsleden, he was an investor in and operator of over 200 megawatts of bitcoin mining capacity across dozens of sites in the United States.
Tom Masiero
Mr. Masiero co-founded Kungsleden Inc.'s predecessor entities in 2022 and has been responsible for growing Kungsleden's power capacity under management to an expected 90 megawatts as Chief Executive Officer.
Marcus Dent
Mr. Dent is a media personality and thought-leader in the Bitcoin industry. He is the founder and owner of a Bitcoin and free markets-focused media company, which he operates under the pen name Marty Bent.
David Jaques
Mr. Jaques was the founding CFO of PayPal and SVP of Silicon Valley Bank. He brings the viewpoint of a senior level financial executive with experience in private equity, early stage high-growth companies and banking.
Matthew Kita
Mr. Kita is an experienced corporate attorney having spent time in both private practice and in-house, most recently as Chief Legal Officer of Axiom, a bitcoin focused finance company.