# World Liberty Financial Leadership Roster of [[World Liberty Financial]]'s founders, executives and board, plus the proposed board of its trust bank. An index linking to People pages, not biographies. ## Governance shape Two families run the operation, and a third party owns half of it. The **Witkoffs** run the company day to day ([[Zach Witkoff]] is CEO and the proposed chair of the bank). The **Trumps** hold titles, about 38% of the equity and 75% of token-sale revenue. **Aryam Investment 1**, backed by [[Tahnoon bin Zayed]], has owned 49% since January 2025 and reportedly placed two executives on WLF's five-person board. The co-founders who built the original product ([[Zak Folkman]], [[Chase Herro]]) take a share of revenue. ## Company | Name | Role | Notes | |---|---|---| | [[Zach Witkoff]] | Co-founder and CEO | Also chairman of [[ALT5 Sigma]]; proposed chair and president of World Liberty Trust | | [[Zak Folkman]] | Co-founder; COO | Gave a passivity commitment to the OCC through AMGUS LLC | | [[Chase Herro]] | Co-founder | Prior venture Dough Finance was hacked | | [[Alex Witkoff]] | Co-founder | Also runs [[The Witkoff Group]] | | Corey Caplan | CTO | Co-founder of Dolomite, the lending protocol behind World Liberty Markets | | Ryan Ballantyne | Chief business officer (from Aug 13, 2026) | Ex-Coinbase. ⚠️ Single-sourced | ## Trump-family titles | Name | Title | Notes | |---|---|---| | [[Donald Trump]] | "Chief Crypto Advocate" at launch; "co-founder emeritus" in the January 2026 charter filing | | | [[Eric Trump]] | "Web3 Ambassador" | Signed the January 2025 Aryam deal; president of DT Marks; passivity commitment to the OCC | | [[Donald Trump Jr.]] | "Web3 Ambassador" | | | [[Barron Trump]] | "DeFi Visionary" | | Current titles could not be confirmed against the live team page; no 2026 change has been reported. ## [[Steve Witkoff]] Listed on WLF's site as "co-founder emeritus." WLF said in May 2025 that he was divesting; Bloomberg reported in September 2025 that he had not. The White House now says he has "fully divested." His 2025 disclosures show about **$107 million** from a WLF-affiliated holding company (ABC, Sep 9, 2026). He is **not** on the proposed trust-bank board. The Witkoff on that board is Robert Witkoff. ## Aryam board seats The WSJ reported that the Aryam deal put two Aryam/[[G42]] executives on WLF's five-person board. ⚠️ The names Martin Edelman and Peng Xiao rest on one secondary source citing the WSJ. ## World Liberty Trust Company, N.A. — proposed board and officers From the OCC public file (January 2026): - **Board:** [[Zach Witkoff]] (chair), Scott Alper ([[The Witkoff Group]]), Robert Witkoff (formerly Chubb), Erin Baskett (independent), Jeffrey Weiner (independent). - **Officers:** Zach Witkoff (president), Mack McCain (chief trust officer), Brandi Reynolds (chief compliance officer), Chris McNab (chief information security officer). CFO "to be determined." Two of five proposed directors are Witkoff family members and a third works for the Witkoff family's firm. ## See Also - [[World Liberty Financial Dossier]] · [[World Liberty Financial Investors]] · [[World Liberty Financial Regulatory File]] - [[Witkoff Sons News Log]] · [[Steve Witkoff News Log]]