Buffett lunch is coming soon, who did Justin Sun invite?

Three days later (this Thursday), Tron founder Justin Sun will attend his sky-high priced lunch with Buffett.

Two months ago, Justin Sun announced on Weibo that he had successfully bid for Buffett's 20th anniversary charity lunch at a record-breaking $4,567,888. On June 27, Justin Sun tweeted that he and Buffett would have lunch at Quince, a three-star Michelin restaurant in Jackson Square, San Francisco, on July 25.

As per convention, Justin Sun has the right to invite seven guests to attend with him.

During these two months, Justin Sun, the king of cryptocurrency marketing, created a lot of topics with this invitation letter and successfully went viral.

When the news was first announced, Justin Sun said in an interview about the lunch: "I may make a small request at the lunch, which is to install the first digital currency wallet for Buffett on his phone. I hope to send him some Tron coins. It is possible that this Tron coin will become the first virtual currency in Buffett's life. I want to teach Buffett how we send and receive virtual currencies, and what kind of applications can be completed with these virtual currencies in the decentralized world."

And when Wang Gaofei, CEO of Sina Weibo, questioned, "Doesn't Buffett use a Samsung flip phone, which is not a smart phone and cannot install apps?", Justin Sun responded, "I will bring a Huawei phone," seamlessly connecting Huawei with the patriotic hot spot.

Even when the "top traffic star" Wang Sicong reposted the news and rant "Isn't this just an idiot", Justin Sun also responded bluntly "How dare the one who relies on his father scold the one who relies on himself", the quarrel between the two once ranked second on Weibo's hot search.

In July, when US President Trump blasted BTC and Facebook's stablecoin Libra, Justin Sun responded to Trump that Bitcoin and blockchain are the best opportunities for the United States, and he was happy to invite the president to have lunch with Buffett, which successfully made it to Sina's hot search.

In addition to Trump, Bitmain's Wu Jihan, Huobi's Li Lin, and Vitalik Buterin were also on Sun Yuchen's invitation list.

If we exclude Sun Yuchen's hot operation and return to the topic, who are the people who will actually go to the lunch with Buffett with Sun Yuchen so far? As of press time, Sun Yuchen has announced four people.

• Charlie Lee, founder of Litecoin

On June 17, Justin Sun announced on Twitter that his friend, Litecoin founder Charlie Lee, would be the first guest to attend Buffett’s lunch with him. In addition, Justin Sun also said that he would announce the friends he would invite one after another.

Public information shows that Charlie Lee is a Chinese American who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked at Google after graduation. In 2011, Charlie Lee came into contact with Bitcoin and created Litecoin (LTC), which once ranked second in the global digital currency market value. However, Charlie Lee worked at the exchange Coinbse after the bear market crash. Currently, LTC ranks fourth in market value.

On January 16, 2018, Li Qiwei posted on Reddit that he had sold all of his Litecoins and donated the proceeds. His active change of identity during the bull-bear transition and his behavior of escaping at a high position also made him receive mixed reviews from the outside world.

• Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO of Circle

On July 19, Justin Sun announced on Twitter that Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of Circle, a Goldman Sachs-invested company, became the second VIP to attend Justin Sun's Buffett lunch. Allaire responded, "It's an honor to discuss cryptocurrency with you and Buffett next week. Count me in. Crypto is now a major global policy issue. There are many things for Buffett to understand, and we also need to learn from him."

Public information shows that Circle is a Dublin-based startup focused on mobile payments and cryptocurrencies. Its investors include Jim Breyer's Breyer Capital, an early investor in Facebook, Goldman Sachs, and IDG Capital. The company has also received financial support from Chinese investors such as Baidu, CICC, Everbright Holdings, and CreditEase, and has now become a unicorn company valued at over $1 billion.

Founder Allaire once expressed his optimism about the Chinese market. He said that the Chinese government has always liked and attached great importance to blockchain technology, and China will eventually become the main market for crypto assets. In addition, I have also seen a large number of technological innovation entrepreneurs in the blockchain field in mainland China.

• Helen Hai, Head of Binance Charity Foundation

On July 20, Justin Sun announced on Twitter that he had invited Helen Hai, head of Binance Charity Foundation, to attend the Buffett lunch. Helen Hai replied that she was honored to discuss cryptocurrency and charity with Justin Sun and Buffett next week.

Prior to this, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng said that he had received an invitation from Justin Sun, but "it's too far and I can't go there", and said that he would promote the Binance Charity's travel.

In July 2018, the Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF) was officially established in Malta. According to its announcement, the Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation will promote social welfare with blockchain technology, and signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Malta Presidential Foundation, announcing the start of strategic cooperation between the two parties; the President of Malta serves as the Chairman of the Strategic Committee of BCF.

Hai Yu, the head of the charity foundation, is the only female among the known guests. Public information shows that Hai Yu was once a Chinese consultant to the Ethiopian government. She has also invested in and built factories in Africa and was named a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

In addition, Huobi’s founder and CEO Li Lin also received an invitation from the exchange, but Li Lin also said that he could not keep the appointment and would delegate a Huobi executive to represent him in attending Buffett’s 20th anniversary charity luncheon. The executive has not been made public yet.

• Yoni Assia, CEO of eToro

On July 21, Justin Sun tweeted to invite eToro CEO Yoni Assia to attend the Buffett lunch. Yoni Assia responded to the invitation and said that it was a great honor to have lunch with Buffett, which was a big step in connecting the traditional financial world and the new financial world.

Founded in 2007, eToro is a long-established online financial trading platform in Israel with more than 10 million user accounts worldwide. It launched Bitcoin trading in 2014 and Ethereum trading in January 2017, and has continued to add digital currency trading pairs. In April this year, eToro's blockchain subsidiary launched the cryptocurrency exchange eToroX, and simultaneously launched 6 cryptocurrency trading pairs including BTC, BCH, ETH, XRP, LTC and DASH, as well as eight fiat-pegged tokens.

When Tron acquired BitTorrent last year, CEO Yoni Assia said that Justin Sun’s use of BitTorrent to issue coins was a wise move for Tron.