CZ: I feel fulfilled contributing to the world, and currently have the means to do what I want to do

On February 12, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said during an AMA session: “I think people just tally up assets and funds and slap on the ‘richest person’ label. But what matters more to me is contributing to society and the world—that’s what actually makes me feel good. I don’t do this for other people—I do it for ‘selfish’ reasons. Doing things that have a positive impact on the world makes me feel good. Humans are wired genetically to want to help each other, to leave the world a little better than we found it, right? That’s why we want to make a positive contribution. When you do this, you get a really strong internal reward that makes you happy. That’s why I do it. Especially after going through what I did over the past two years, I now value the simple joys in life. I feel really lucky right now—I have enough resources to do impactful things, enough skills, a solid team, the funds to make things happen, and the time to put into it too. I’m not exactly young anymore, but I’m not old either—so I still have the ability to do this. At my age, few people get the luxury of doing what they actually want to do. And even when I’m not at the company, it’s been running smoothly for the past two or two and a half years, and that’ll keep going. This has given me the freedom to focus on other things.”