Anthony Pompliano

Pompliano graduated from Bucknell University with a degree in economics; he served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant.⁠[1][1]

Before his investment career, Pompliano ran product and growth teams at Facebook.⁠[1]

In 2016, Pompliano co-founded the investment firm Full Tilt Capital and served as managing partner until it was acquired by Morgan Creek Digital Assets in 2018.⁠[1]

From 2018 to 2020, Pompliano was a co-founder and managing partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets.⁠[1][2]

In May 2019, SolanaSolanaSolana is a proof-of-stake (PoS) public blockchain designed for high throughput and low latency, with SOL as its native token; it was developed by Solana Labs and launched Mainnet Beta in March 2020. It is known for design choices such as its Proof of History clock and parallel execution, suffered several network-wide outages in its early years, and became one of the crypto industry’s focal points in events including the FTX collapse, U.S. SEC lawsuits, and the listing of Solana ETFs.Open the full entry founder Anatoly Yakovenko appeared on the Off the Chain podcast in conversation with Pompliano; the two discussed high-performance blockchain networks, Proof of History, and the complexities of sharding.⁠[3][3]

Since January 2022, Pompliano has served as CEO of Professional Capital Management, the investment firm he founded (its legal entity is Inflection Points, Inc., of which he is the controlling member). The firm leverages a large social media following to create and acquire cash-flow positive businesses, and then invests the operating profits across public and private markets. Before founding Professional Capital Management, he had been an entrepreneur and private investor for more than 14 years, investing in more than 200 companies.⁠[1][1][1][1][1]

ProCap Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), was formed on January 2, 2025, and Pompliano has served as its CEO and a director since its formation; on May 22, 2025, the company completed its initial public offering of 25 million units at $10 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $250 million.⁠[1][1][1]

On May 22, 2025, Pompliano appeared on When Shift Happens, the crypto interview podcast hosted by Kevin Follonier; he returned on February 5, 2026, to discuss his experience of going all in on bitcoin.⁠[4][4]

On June 23, 2025, Pompliano announced that ProCap BTC, the bitcoin-native financial services firm he founded, had entered into a business combination agreement with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC; the combined company would be named ProCap Financial, planned to hold up to $1 billion in bitcoin on its balance sheet, and would generate revenue from its bitcoin holdings through a variety of strategies. Entities in the transaction raised $516.5 million in equity and $235 million in convertible notes, with investors including Magnetar Capital, Blockchain.com, Arrington Capital, and FalconX.⁠[5][5][5][5][5][5]

On December 5, 2025, ProCap BTC and Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I completed their business combination, and ProCap Financial, Inc. became the publicly traded parent company; its shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker BRR on December 8, with Pompliano as CEO. As of the end of 2025, the company held 5,000 bitcoin.⁠[6][6][7][2][7]

On February 8, 2026, ProCap Financial agreed to acquire CFO Silvia, Inc, an AI agent lab focused on finance, from sellers Inflection Points Inc (that is, Professional Capital Management, of which Pompliano is the controlling member) and Shain Noor, a co-founder of CFO Silvia; the deal was approved at the annual meeting of stockholders on March 27, 2026, and closed on April 6, when Noor became Chief Technology Officer, reporting to CEO Pompliano. That same month, the company launched ProCap Insights, an agentic financial research offering, expanding its strategic focus to AI-enabled investment analysis and financial planning; as of June 30, 2026, the company still held 5,355 bitcoin.⁠[8][8][1][9][9][9][9][7][7][7]

On September 22, 2026, ProCap Financial, Inc. changed its name to Silvia, Inc., and its ticker changed from BRR to SVIA. Based on shares outstanding on October 6, 2026, he and Professional Capital Management together beneficially owned about 18.45% of the common stock.⁠[10][10][11][11]

On October 6, 2026, Pompliano launched his second book, How To Live An Extraordinary Life Volume 2, which collects 50 ideas that had a significant impact on his personal, professional, and financial life.⁠[12][12]

Pompliano hosts the business and investing podcast The Pomp Podcast and writes the newsletter The Pomp Letter three times per week, sharing analysis of business, finance, the economy, and bitcoin; most people know him as “Pomp.” As of February 2026, his cumulative following across the newsletter, the podcast, and platforms including X, YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry exceeded 2.5 million.⁠[1][13][13][2]

Silvia, Inc.: Official website: https://www.procapfinancial.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

The Pomp Letter (his newsletter): https://pomp.substack.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[13]

X: Public account: https://x.com/APompliano (opens in a new window)⁠[12]