
Ruzbeh Kroner
CEO
21st Capital
Ruzbeh is the co-founder and CEO of 21st Capital, the Gulf region’s only self-custody platform with collaborative custody and multilayer timelocks. He brings 17+ years of banking experience across Germany, the UAE, the USA, and Switzerland, spanning derivatives, payments, compliance, sales, and fundraising. Active in Bitcoin since 2017, he co-founded Bitguide, an open Bitcoin university. Ruzbeh’s work bridges institutional-grade financial rigor with the security and sovereignty of Bitcoin-native custody.