Kendrick Nguyen

Kendrick Nguyen is the CEO and Co-founder of Republic, a financial technology firm that allows everyone to invest in private markets.  Republic operates several distinct business lines including a retail investment platform, a private capital division, and a blockchain advisory practice.

Prior to Republic, Kendrick served as General Counsel and Venture Hacker at AngelList, as well as a Fellow of Stanford Law School and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University.

Formerly a securities attorney, Kendrick worked on several initiatives aimed at defining a compliant but pragmatic protocol for conducting compliant coin offerings, briefing the SEC, Congress, and foreign regulators on this issue. He frequently lectures on the topics at the intersection of law and entrepreneurship, and his views have been cited in a number of court decisions and publications.  An immigrant from Vietnam, Kendrick has a strong interest in improving access to capital  for underserved entrepreneurs in the U.S. and beyond.