Luigi Ghilardi II is an American finance and technology veteran. Luigi is an early blockchain investor and miner as well as an advisor to numerous top-tier ICO’s.

Luigi started his career on the West Coast as a mortgage banker where he packaged and sold an average of one billion dollars per year in commercial and residential paper and where he remained until the mortgage crisis in 2008.

In 2009, Luigi relocated to New York City and launched his first fund, Black Onyx Capital Management, a systematic long/short equity fund. His entrepreneurial vision led him to expand into numerous technology investments with focus in fin-tech, AI and machine learning, and VR. Luigi is also an early investor in various technology companies including Dropbox, Facebook, MongoDB, Palantir Technologies, Vicarious, SoFi and more.