# Graham Jenkin

> Graham Jenkin is a CoinList co-founder and former CEO whose career spans user-experience leadership at Bank of America and Google, operations and product design at AngelList, and crypto fundraising infrastructure. He led the AdWords interface redesign, received Google’s inaugural Great Manager Award, and was CEO when CoinList announced a $100 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation in October 2021.

- **Role:** Co-founder and former CEO at CoinList
- **Organizations:** CoinList, AngelList, Google, Bank of America
- **From:** Brisbane, Australia
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** The University of Queensland
- **Known for:** University of Queensland University Medal, 1992., Led the Google AdWords user-interface redesign., Received the inaugural Google Great Manager Award.

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Graduated from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours and received the University Medal.
- **2007-2008** — Managed John Zeratsky at Google while leading the AdWords interface redesign.
- **2008** — Presented a UX management workshop with Margaret Gould Stewart at UX Week in San Francisco.
- **Before 2017** — Served as AngelList COO and UX engineer/designer over a 6.5-year period.
- **2017** — Co-founded CoinList; the launch team identified him as COO.
- **2021-01** — Published a CoinList trends essay as co-founder and CEO.
- **2021-10** — Was CEO when CoinList announced $100 million in Series A funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.
- **2022-06** — Welcomed the Apex product development team to CoinList to improve user experience.
- **2022-07** — Discussed centralized infrastructure for a decentralized future on Alt Goes Mainstream.

## Achievements

- University of Queensland University Medal, 1992.
- Led the Google AdWords user-interface redesign.
- Received the inaugural Google Great Manager Award.
- Led BofA.com to two Webby awards.
- Co-founded CoinList in 2017.
- Led CoinList as CEO during its October 2021 $100 million funding announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2022-07** — Appeared on Alt Goes Mainstream to discuss crypto infrastructure and centralized bridges to decentralized services.
- **2025-11** — CoinList published a strategy letter signed by Raghav Gulati as CEO, confirming that Jenkin’s CEO title is historical; the company announced a move toward noncustodial, onchain token sales.

## Links

- Website: https://grahamjenkin.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamjenkin/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/grahamjenkin

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Last updated: 2026-10-12