Christian Catalini

Tech founder with roots in academia. Co-founded Lightspark. Co-created Libra. Founded the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Head Economist, Meta. After Lightspark, reset for one last meaningful swing before AGI does the rest.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Lightspark. Founder, MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab.

lightspark.com

chain.link

creativedestructionlab.com

unibocconi.eu

mit.edu

polarity.io

nber.org

nextcanada.com

utoronto.ca

hivemind.capital

algorandtechnologies.com

diem.com

coinbase.com

metacareers.com

delphia.com

co.uk

cftc.gov

brainmaven.com

Contact info

ccatalini

Experience

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Lightspark

• www.linkedin.com/company/lightspark-group

May 2022 - Present

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Founder, MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, and Research Scientist

MIT Sloan School of Management

• www.linkedin.com/company/mit-sloan-school-of-management

Jul 2021 - Present

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

• www.linkedin.com/company/mit-sloan-school-of-management

Feb 2018 - Jul 2021

Education

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

PhD, Strategic Management

Jan 2007 - Dec 2013

Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

MSc, Economics and management of international markets and new technologies (CLEMIT)

Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

Stockholm School of Economics

MSc (Exchange Year)

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005