This 24-year-old quit his job at hedge fund powerhouse Citadel to build on Terra. It collapsed two months later

Last year, Neel Somani was a quantitative research analyst working at Citadel, billionaire Ken Griffin's powerhouse hedge fund firm that manages nearly $50 billion. But at age 24, Somani quit in late February with dreams of getting rich in crypto and helping to build a more decentralized financial system. He chose to focus on Terra.