Terra is TerraUSD’s own blockchain, the creation of Terraform Labs (a subsidiary of Terra Alliance). Terraform Labs, the company behind the creation of Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST). Terra, a public blockchain protocol that builds decentralized price-stable cryptocurrency was founded by Do Know and Daniel Shin. Terraform Labs is led by 5 key contributors with a company size of over 44 employees.

Do Kwon – Co-Founder and CEO

He is the CEO of Terraform Labs. He is a former software engineer at Microsoft and Apple. He also served as CEO of Anyfi, a startup providing decentralized solutions for wireless mesh networks. Kwon is included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs.

Daniel Shin – Co-Founder and Head of Business

Co-founder Daniel Shin is a talented economist and entrepreneur. Before Terra Alliance, he co-founded Fast Track Asia, a startup incubator, and managed to co-found and lead TMON (Ticket Monster), a South Korean e-commerce platform.

Brian Jung – Head of Assets

He is the Head of Assets at Terraform Labs. He was previously in the travel business division at TMON, one of Korea’s leading e-commerce companies, where he launched and ran hospitality booking, activity booking and car rental platforms.

Nicholas Platias – Head of Research

He is the Head of Research at Terraform Labs. He founded Guru Labs, a Lightspeed backed machine learning startup that models risk and fraud in commercial insurance. He previously developed algorithms and distributed systems while at Nest (acquired by Google) and RelateIQ (acquired by Salesforce).

Paul Kim – Head of Infrastructure

He is the Head of Infrastructure at Terraform Labs. Paul has been building nationally acclaimed services for more than 25 years. His greatest hit includes Metin 2, a popular MMORPG game with 9 million monthly active users which led to a $78 million acquisition by WEBZEN. Prior to Terra, he served as CTO at different companies and launched a new influencer marketing platform.