# Brandon Millman

> Brandon Millman is the CEO and co-founder of Phantom, a multi-chain self-custodial crypto wallet. Before Phantom, he was an engineering lead at 0x and a senior ...

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- Tags: Ethereum, DeFi, Solana, Founder, Layer 2
- Created: 2026-03-29T10:42:10.279Z
- Last updated: 2026-03-29T10:42:08.000Z
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**Brandon Millman** is an engineer and entrepreneur known as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of [Phantom](https://iq.wiki/wiki/phantom-wallet). [Phantom](https://iq.wiki/wiki/phantom-wallet) is a multi-chain, self-custodial [cryptocurrency wallet](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency-wallet) that originated on the [Solana](https://iq.wiki/wiki/solana) network and has since expanded to support [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) and [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon). [\[1\]](#cite-id-Oi8Mu5SCdXHMrAaI) [\[2\]](#cite-id-DWb3FmkEjtkDQWXa) [\[3\]](#cite-id-kehg1R7LSvl3gV1a)​

## **Education**

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University, completing his studies between 2009 and 2013.  [\[1\]](#cite-id-Oi8Mu5SCdXHMrAaI) 

## Career

Brandon Millman has worked across software engineering and the cryptocurrency industry. In 2021, he co-founded Phantom, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer, focusing on the development of digital asset wallet infrastructure.

Prior to this, he worked at 0x from 2017 to 2021 as an Engineering Manager and Tech Lead, contributing to the development of trading infrastructure and liquidity tools. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Engineer at Twitter between 2013 and 2017, where he worked on core product features and platform systems.

He also held engineering internship roles at Zynga, Cisco Systems, and Boston Scientific, gaining early experience in software and test engineering.  [\[1\]](#cite-id-Oi8Mu5SCdXHMrAaI)  [\[2\]](#cite-id-DWb3FmkEjtkDQWXa)  [\[3\]](#cite-id-kehg1R7LSvl3gV1a)