Coinbase Co-founder Ehrsam Bets on Venezuelan Oil, Targeting 100,000 Barrels Per Day
Odaily News: Primavera, a startup backed by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, is planning to enter Venezuela's oil industry and take over operations at multiple local oilfields, with the goal of achieving a production rate of 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day in the near term.Primavera has recently signed multiple contracts with Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. and has hired industry executives from Chevron and Occidental Petroleum to oversee infrastructure construction and boost conventional and heavy oil production capacity. Notably, Ehrsam is also a co-founder of crypto investment firm Paradigm, with a personal net worth of approximately $2.4 billion. In addition to Ehrsam, Primavera's investment team includes Iribarren and former Quantum Energy Partners executive Dheeraj Verma. (Bloomberg)

