Eugene A. Ludwig is a business and civic leader and nationally recognized expert on banking, regulation, financial innovation, and fiscal policy. He is founder and CEO of Cari, the first tokenized deposit network connecting chartered banks and decentralized finance; managing partner of Canapi Ventures, a VC firm focused on early- to growth-stage fintech; CEO of Ludwig Advisors, which counsels financial firms on critical matters; and chairman of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, a nonprofit dedicated to the economic well-being of middle- and lower-income Americans.

Gene is also the founder of Promontory Financial Group and Promontory Interfinancial Network (now IntraFi Network).

As 27th Comptroller of the Currency, Gene served as the Clinton administration’s chief banking regulator and led the policy response to the early 1990s credit crunch. He is also credited with modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act. He holds degrees from Haverford College, Oxford University, and Yale Law School.