Background and career
Dadvan Ismat Yousuf Yousuf (born 9 April 2000) is a Kurdish-born cryptocurrency investor and businessman. He became known in Switzerland for early investments in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and later founded the Dohrnii Foundation, a cryptocurrency education project that issued the DHN token, which reached a fully diluted market capitalization of $15 billion at its peak in 2025. He is considered the youngest Swiss self-made billionaire. In 2021 he was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. According to the Swiss newspaper Blick, Yousuf's net worth was reported at CHF 270 million in 2020, including CHF 189 million in cryptocurrency, while estimates based on market prices suggested his holdings exceeded CHF 1.2 billion. He is the first Kurd and Iraqi to have summited Mount Everest.
In 2026, he was appointed as the first international trade commissioner of the republic of Nauru, supporting the country’s efforts to develop its digital asset sector and expand international investment.

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