What did the Winklevoss twins try to take credit for creating?
Winklevoss twins Winklevoss twins The Winklevoss twins (; born August 21, 1981; also humorously referred to as the Winklevi or Winklevii) are American rowers and Internet entrepreneurs, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss. They competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are known for co-founding HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with Harvard University classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site, and ultimately received $65 million. They are now venture capitalists, and have led a seed funding round for
Winklevoss twins bitcoin payment processor BitInstant. In April 2013, the brothers claimed they owned nearly 1% of all bitcoin in existence at the time. They had Bitcoin holdings worth over $1 billion. The Winklevoss twins were born in Southampton, New York, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. Their father is Howard Edward Winklevoss, Jr.; Howard was an adjunct professor of actuarial science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of "Pension Mathematics with Numerical Illustrations", and founder of Winklevoss Consultants and Winklevoss Technologies. The twins went to the Greenwich Country Day School before attending the Brunswick School