Our CEO
Mike Kennedy
Mike is the CEO of Interstellar, a technology company revolutionizing financial services, with a current focus on delivering faster, cheaper and more reliable cross border payments.
He was formerly the founder and CEO of Zelle, the largest person to person payments network in the United States. He is on the Board of American Savings Bank, and was formerly President of OFX North America, Head of payments at Wells Fargo and worked at McKinsey & Company.
Mike graduated with distinction from both Stanford University for his undergraduate engineering degree and from Harvard Business School for his MBA.
Our founder
Jed McCaleb
Jed McCaleb is the founder and a board member of Interstellar. In 2017, Jed created Interstellar, a technology company uniquely qualified to advise, build, and integrate solutions, to make international payments more efficient, particularly by leveraging the power of the Stellar blockchain.
Jed is also the co-founder and Chief Architect of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), an open network that connects the world’s financial infrastructure.
An early pioneer in decentralized systems and blockchain technology, he created eDonkey2000 which became one of the largest file-sharing networks in its time. He later created Mt. Gox, the first bitcoin exchange, which was subsequently sold and re-coded by its current owners. He is also a co-founder of Ripple.
In the Press
Forbes
“With Interstellar, Lightnet has a partner that not only understands the Stellar platform but also has a deep acumen in the payments space.” Read more
Yahoo! Finance
“Interstellar’s strong experience in developing payment protocols and cross-border payment solutions will help Velo Labs deliver greater value to more partners across APAC.” Read more
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