Brock Pierce

Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980) is an American entrepreneur and former child actor. As a child actor, he was in Disney films The Mighty Ducks (1992), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) and First Kid (1996). Pierce founded Internet Gaming Entertainment in 2001 and ZAM in 2003. Pierce has been involved in the establishment of digital currencies and virtual goods. Many of Pierce's companies have operated in this virtual space. Pierce is active in the Bitcoin/Blockchain ecosystem, with numerous speaking engagements, conference activities, and community involvement. In May 2014, Pierce was elected Director of the Bitcoin Foundation. Pierce is founder and managing partner at Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm that is amongst the most active venture capital firms in Fintech. Pierce supports non-profit and advocacy efforts, and is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He has been a guest lecturer at the Milken Global Conference, Singularity University, Stanford, USC, Caltech, and UCLA. In 2000 three young actors filed a civil lawsuit claiming Pierce sexually abused them, also naming fellow Digital Entertainment Network executives Chad Shackley and Marc Collins-Rector. He was an Executive VP at Digital Entertainment Network when he was arrested with other company executives by Interpol in Spain in May 2002.