# NFT Design

## Cz @ the CEO of Binance&#x20;

## Changpeng Zhao <a href="#firstheading" id="firstheading"></a>

| Changpeng Zhao                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                          |
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| [![Changpeng Zhao in 2022.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Changpeng_Zhao_in_2022.jpg/220px-Changpeng_Zhao_in_2022.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changpeng_Zhao_in_2022.jpg)CZ speaking at Vietnam NFT Summit 2022 |                                                                                                          |
| Born                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | <p>September 10, 1977 (age 44)<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a>, China</p> |
| Nationality                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Canadian                                                                                                 |
| Other names                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | CZ                                                                                                       |
| Alma mater                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | [McGill University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_University)                                     |
| Known for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Founder and CEO of [Binance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binance)                                      |

**Changpeng Zhao** ([Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 赵长鹏; [pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): *Zhào Chángpéng*), commonly known as "**CZ**", is a [Chinese-Canadian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Canadians) business executive. Zhao is the founder and CEO of [Binance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binance), the world's largest [cryptocurrency exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_exchange) by [trading volume](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_\(finance\)) as of July 2022.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao#cite_note-1) CZ was born in [Jiangsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu), China and moved to Canada at a young age with his family. He is currently based in [Singapore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore).[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao#cite_note-2)
