$COIN

Brian Armstrong

Coinbase

Co-founder & CEO • Since 2012 • Financials

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

10/100

Based on profit (net income) improvement only — this company does not report the operating cash flow and capital-spending figures needed for a free-cash-flow number (common for banks and insurers).

Profit (net income): $2.6B → $1.3B (−51.1% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

Brian Armstrong is the co-founder & ceo of Coinbase since 2012. Coinbase is a Financials company headquartered in New York City, New York, founded in 2012, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Education

B.S., Computer Science & Economics — Rice University

Leadership

Brian holds the chief executive role at Coinbase with the title Co-founder & CEO — in post since 2012. This page is the concise leadership record for Coinbase in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format. Brian Armstrong is a founder of the company — a distinction shared by only a minority of the chief executives in this index.

At a Glance

Sector: Financials
Ticker: $COIN
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 2012
CEO since: 2012
Index: S&P 500 (#116 of 500)