Stani Kulechov is a recognized leader and pioneer in decentralized finance (DeFi). In 2017, he founded ETHLend before founding the Aave Protocol in 2020, now governed by the Aave DAO. As the Founder and CEO of Aave Labs, Stani has played a central role in the development of the world’s largest and most trusted onchain lending platform, processing trillions of dollars in cumulative activity. Under his leadership, Aave Labs has developed major innovations including GHO, Aave’s overcollateralized native stablecoin; Horizon, Aave's bridge between TradFi and DeFi that enables institutions to access onchain liquidity using high-quality tokenized assets such as U.S. Treasuries to borrow stablecoins; and the Aave App, which brings simple and secure DeFi savings to consumers worldwide.