# Amber Baldet

> Amber Baldet was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan.

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**Amber Baldet** was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan. She led the team that developed Quorum (Blockchain), the J.P. Morgan in-house Blockchain project. Baldet lives in New York City.[\[1\]](#cite-id-lfrpwcgr0gq) She has been called the "Madonna of Blockchain".  In 2018, Baldet left JP Morgan to build her own startup.[\[2\]](#cite-id-yxyeznaa32)  
  
# Career  
  
Baldet joined J.P. Morgan in 2012.[\[3\]](#cite-id-1xoi51f902s) She was previously a Senior Consultant at Capco, a Managing Partner at Blackwire, a Business Analyst at Old Lane, and an Application Developer at Avalon Research Group.[\[4\]](#cite-id-wdizp75dtk)  
  
She launched Quorum, an open-source code based on Ethereum and is designed to cater to big-business’s needs such as scale, performance, and privacy.[\[5\]](#cite-id-alo8mm63qih)  
  
# Accolades  
  
Baldet was selected #31 on Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 and #9 for CoinDesk's Most Influential People in Blockchain; Both accolades were earned by Baldet in 2017.[\[6\]](#cite-id-mut14qy54v)[\[7\]](#cite-id-j9539dbq1bj)