Bobby Lee is the Founder and CEO of Ballet, the cryptocurrency company behind the innovative REAL Series hardware wallet.

This physical wallet was launched in 2019, as the world’s first ever non-electronic hardware wallet with multi-currency support, that requires no setup to use. Ballet aims to bring true global adoption to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, by making it easy, safe, and reliable, for everyday people to store and manage their digital assets.

Bobby Lee has been a leading entrepreneur and expert in the crypto industry since 2011. He is also the author of the WallStreet Journal bestseller “The Promise of Bitcoin”.

Prior to founding Ballet, Lee was the CEO and co-founder of the first Bitcoin exchange established in China, BTC China (later renamed BTCC), which was acquired by a Hong Kong-based investment firm in January 2018.

Before BTCC, Mr. Lee was Vice President of Technology for Walmart's e-commerce business in China. Previously he was the CTO of SMG BesTV New Media, the largest IPTV operator in China with the most subscribers globally. He moved to Shanghai in 2007 and started off at EMC’s China Center of Excellence, as Director of Software Engineering, with responsibilities for Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage.

Mr. Lee started his career in Silicon Valley as a software engineer at Yahoo!, and led the development of the earliest online communities. He graduated from Stanford University with B.S.and M.S. degrees in Computer Science, and was a member of the Mayfield Fellows Program. He earned an EMBA degree fromCEIBS in China.

Mr. Lee currently also serves on the board of Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit organization that fosters the adoption of bitcoin globally. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, photography, watching movies, and playing poker.