# Greg Hauw

> Greg Hauw is the founder, chairman and CEO of Ohanae, a New York based fintech building regulated infrastructure for tokenized securities. Through Ohanae Securities, an SEC/FINRA registered broker-dealer, he is working to bring blockchain settlement, digital custody and around-the-clock trading to the over-the-counter securities market. A veteran of venture-backed security and networking startups since the late 1990s, Hauw pivoted Ohanae into asset tokenization in 2018 and holds FINRA SIE, Series 82 and Series 24 licenses.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman & CEO at Ohanae, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Ohanae, Inc., Ohanae Securities LLC, Mykenae, Internet Appliance, Connected Computing
- **Education:** MBA, Strategic Marketing, University of Hull, U.K., Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K.
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Ohanae, building regulated infrastructure for tokenized securities, Conceived and developed the Ohanae Asset Tokenization Platform and Ohanae Identity (self-sovereign KYC identity), Secured FINRA authorization (May 2026) for Ohanae Securities to custody, clear and settle crypto asset securities

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Managing Director at Connected Computing
- **1999** — President of Internet Appliance, a venture-funded VPN appliance startup in Fremont, CA
- **2001** — President of Mykenae, a venture-funded data privacy security startup in Los Gatos, CA and Singapore
- **2018** — Pivots Ohanae into an asset tokenization platform built on distributed ledger technology
- **2023** — Ohanae raises a Series B; total funding reported around $2.5M
- **2026** — FINRA authorizes Ohanae Securities to custody, clear and settle crypto asset securities

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Ohanae, building regulated infrastructure for tokenized securities
- Conceived and developed the Ohanae Asset Tokenization Platform and Ohanae Identity (self-sovereign KYC identity)
- Secured FINRA authorization (May 2026) for Ohanae Securities to custody, clear and settle crypto asset securities
- Holds FINRA SIE, Series 82 and Series 24 licenses
- Built the Ohanae Blockchain and digital transfer agent service targeting the OTC securities market

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — FINRA authorized Ohanae Securities to expand into custody, clearing and settlement of crypto asset securities.

## Links

- Website: https://ohanae.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greghauw
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ohanae
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cloudprivacyprotection

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Last updated: 2026-07-17