We’re excited to announce Justin Charlton, an early Origin investor with 12 years of rockstar experience in corporate finance and strategy consulting, will be joining Origin to head up our finance team. Justin is charged with bringing operational and financial discipline to both of our business units, Origin Story and Origin Dollar.
Despite the bear market, Origin is continuing to expand. We’re thoughtfully building out our team, pushing hard on our product development and R&D, and ramping up our marketing and community initiatives. Justin will provide strategic insights and ensure team leads are maximizing ROI and growth potential. Justin brings a lot of enthusiasm and says he joined Origin Protocol because he is confident we could make a top 20 coin together.
Justin is an explorer who loves a great adventure, especially in financial markets. His first adventure started at 13, putting his allowance money to good use by investing in Take Two Interactive (TTWO), the creator of Grand Theft Auto. He became an early proponent of Behavioral Finance investment principles and introduced it to a multibillion-dollar international equities fund in his early 20s. In preparation for the next crypto cycle, he’s consolidated his market learnings with other academic research into a trading algorithm that is back-tested to beat “HODL” strategies by more than 10x while dramatically reducing maximum drawdown risk.
Although Justin is adamant he was a very successful TradFi investor (incl. TTWO, ATVI, and NVDA), the truth is his real big winners came from crypto. Welcome to the club.
Justin’s favorite DeFi protocols (other than OUSD) are Maker, Curve, Compound, 1INCH, and Uniswap. During his interview in March 2022, he noted that he doesn’t like LUNA because the yield wasn’t sustainable — great call. He paper handed his NFTs but is looking to scoop some blue chips before the next bull market — perhaps another great call.
Prior to Origin, Justin spent seven years in the TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecom) consulting arms of PwC and KPMG. He managed complex executions for multiple multibillion-dollar deals and led global teams in the US, Europe, and APAC. Prior to consulting, Justin received his MBA from Cornell and put together financial plans for launching satellites and rockets into space at Lockheed Martin.
When not at work, Justin loves spending time in the great outdoors. He plays tennis, skis, scuba dives, hikes, and camps. He offsets all this activity with copious amounts of BBQ as an amateur Texas pitmaster.
