The new CEO, Josh Swihart, has been the vice president at Electric Coin for nearly five years but recently took a four month stint away from the firm.
Zooko Wilcox is stepping down as the CEO of Electric Coin Company, the team behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC).
ECC announced a change in leadership on Monday, with Josh Swihart promoted to replace Wilcox.
Swihart previously worked at ECC as one of the firm’s vice presidents of growth from October 2018 to August 2023 but took four months off working as a part-time investor at investment services firm Denver Angels in Colorado, according to LinkedIn.
