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Dadvan Yousuf
Dadvan Yousuf (2021)
Born	Dadvan Ismat Yousuf Yousuf (2000-04-09) April 9, 2000 (age 24) Zakho, Kurdistan, Iraq
Occupation(s)	Businessman, Bitcoin investor
Years active	2011–present
Known for	Bitcoin activities

Dadvan Ismat Yousuf Yousuf (born April 9, 2000) is an Iraqi cryptocurrency investor and businessman whose early bitcoin investments made him the youngest self-made billionaire in Switzerland.

Yousuf and his companies have been involved in a number of allegations including money laundering and fraud, and as of 2023 he is under criminal investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Bern.

Early life

Yousuf was born in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan on April 9, 2000. His father was part of the Peshmerga and fled the country to Switzerland before Yousuf was born. Three years later his mother left the country, together with her three sons. They arrived in Neuenburg, Switzerland, in 2003 where his father had relocated. In 2004, the family was granted refugee and moved to Ipsach. Yousuf has five younger siblings who were born in Switzerland.

Career

At the age of 11, Yousuf sold some of his toys to acquire funds to invest in Bitcoin. With this initial investment, he purchased 10 Bitcoins at a price of €15 each and continued to trade in the cryptocurrency. In 2012, he acquired 1000 Bitcoins at a rate of €11,126 each. In 2016, Yousuf invested in Ethereum, buying 16,000 units at a total cost of €134,000. Yousuf became a multi-millionaire through his cryptocurrency trades, and is considered the youngest Swiss self-made millionaire.

In early 2021, Yousuf founded the Dohrnii Foundation to oversee the development of his cryptocurrency software and own cryptocurreny tokens. He resigned as CEO in February 2023, and following enforcement proceedings by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, the Dohrnii Foundation was dissolved in June 2023.

In November 2021, Yousuf was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the DACH region.

In late 2021, Yousuf joined the board of Crowdlitoken, a Liechtenstein startup developing technology to allow people to invest in real estate through digital shares in the form of tokens.

Yousuf's career took a turn when in February 2022, several critical press articles scrutinized Yousuf's professional activities and credentials. Reports alleged embellishments to his resume, irregularities in transactions, and false representation. Subsequently, in March 2022, Yousuf filed a defamation complaint against two journalists from SRF Investigativ, a Swiss media outlet.

Yousuf's involvements in cryptocurrency have drawn the attention of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. In May 2022, the Dohrnii Foundation was investigated for engaging in various regulated activities, including acting illegally as a securities firm, without obtaining the required FINMA authorization. In May 2023 the regulator issued cease-and-desist orders against the foundation and Yousuf.

In May 2023, Yousuf became the subject of a criminal investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Bern due to allegations of fraud and embezzlement.

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• Iraqi businesspeople
• People associated with Bitcoin
• 2000 births
• Living people