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Board of Directors

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Darin Feinstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman

Darin Feinstein is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist. Mr. Feinstein co-founded both Core Scientific and Blockcap.com as well as was an early investor and early adopter into the Bitcoin Network, investing into the space starting in 2012. In 2013 Mr. Feinstein started a mining company, and has been involved in start-up blockchain companies ever since. Mr. Feinstein is a member of the Bitcoin Mining Council and has been featured on CNBC, NASDAQ, BLOOMBERG and others.

Aside from Blockchain Mr. Feinstein is also the co-owner of a large restaurant group and a theater and entertainment company.

Giving back to the community in which he lives and works has been a focus of Feinstein’s philanthropic efforts. After founding https://feinsteingriffinfoundation.com/ over a decade ago, Mr. Feinstein and Eddie Griffin through their foundation provide support to several organizations including The Shade Tree, Keep Memory Alive and Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, at Cleveland Clinic Nevada, SafeNest, Noah’s Animal House among many others.

A licensed California attorney, and former accountant, Mr. Feinstein has served on a number of boards as well as holds privileged licenses in the gaming, banking and restaurant businesses.

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Mike Levitt, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and CEO

Mike Levitt is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Core Scientific, Inc. From 2016 – 2021, Mike was the CEO of Kayne Anderson Capital. He served as a vice chairman and partner of Apollo Global Management, LP (Apollo) from 2012 – 2016. Mike was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Stone Tower Capital LLC, an investment firm that he sold to Apollo in 2012. Before founding Stone Tower, Mike was a partner with the private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated. Mike has been an active investor in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) industries for almost three decades. Earlier in his career, Mike was an investment banker with Smith Barney Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Mike has a B.B.A. and J. D. from the University of Michigan, and serves on the University’s Investment Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Visiting Committee of the Ross School of Business and Trustee of the Law School’s Cook Trust. Over the years, Mike has worked with numerous philanthropic organizations, including the Make-A-Wish Foundations of America and New York, and the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

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Jarvis Hollingsworth, Board Member

Jarvis Hollingsworth is the General Counsel for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., a leading alternatives investment management firm based in Los Angeles. Jarvis currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, a $175 billion pension trust fund for retirees, teachers, and employees of education-related institutions. The fund invests in domestic and international securities, private equity, real estate, and hedge funds. Jarvis has served as a director of several public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. He currently serves as a Director of Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE:LPI), a diversified energy company, along with the finance committee of the Memorial Hermann Hospital System in Houston. He is a former Director of Emergent Technologies LP, a fintech company that provides payment services in emerging markets using a gold-backed digital currency, and is also a former Director of Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (Frost Bank) (NYSE: CFR), based in San Antonio, Texas. Jarvis formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System and is also a former director of the State Bar of Texas.

He received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served for several years on active and reserve duty in the United States Army upon graduation. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center.

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Matthew Minnis, Board Member

Matthew Minnis is a founding member of Core Scientific, having been involved with blockchain technology for several years. Mr. Minnis owns and operates a portfolio of investments primarily focused in real estate, venture capital, and technology. Mr. Minnis earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration degree with a focus on Marketing, both from Texas Christian University.

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Neal Goldman, Board Member

Neal Goldman serves as the Chairman of the Talos Energy Board. Prior to that, he served as the Chairman of the Stone Energy Board from February 2017 to May 2018. Mr. Goldman is currently the Managing Member of SAGE Capital Investments, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in independent board of director services, turnaround consulting, strategic planning, and special situation investments. Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director at Och Ziff Capital Management, L.P. from 2014 to 2016 and a Founding Partner of Brigade Capital Management, LLC from 2007 to 2012, which he helped build to over $12 billion in assets under management.

Prior to this, Mr. Goldman was a Portfolio Manager at MacKay Shields, LLC and also held various positions at Salomon Brothers Inc., both as a mergers and acquisitions banker and as an investor in the high yield trading group. Throughout his career, Mr. Goldman has held numerous board representations including roles as an independent member of the boards of directors of Lightsquared, Inc., Pimco Income Strategy Fund I & II, and Catalyst Paper Corporation, as well as a member of the boards of directors of Jacuzzi Brands and NII Holdings, Inc. Mr. Goldman also serves as the chairman of the board of Diamond Offshore and is a member of the board of Weatherford.

Mr. Goldman has served on the boards of directors of Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. since October 2016, Walter Investment Management Corp. since January 2017, and Ultra Petroleum Corp. since April 2017. Mr. Goldman received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

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Kneeland Youngblood, Board Member

Kneeland Youngblood is a Founding Partner of Pharos Capital Group. Mr. Youngblood is Chairman and CEO of the Firm and responsible for overall firm strategy. Mr. Youngblood is a member of the investment committees of Pharos’ funds and currently serves on the boards of Egenera, Reel FX, and TotalTrax

Mr. Youngblood was chairman of the American Beacon Funds, a $30 billion mutual fund company, managed by American Beacon Advisors, a $65 billion investment affiliate of American Airlines. He was a director of Starwood Hotels and Lodging, one of the largest hotel companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries and 120,000 employees. He also served on the board of directors of Gap Inc., Burger King and the $3 Billion Dallas Employee Retirement System. He was a former director of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, a global energy services company taken public in 1998 in a $1.4 billion initial public offering in the largest U.S. government privatization since Conrail. He served as a Presidential appointee with Senate confirmation in his role on the Board. He currently serves on the board of Scientific Games Corporation, TPG PACE Holdings, and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a UK based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Youngblood is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and graduated from Princeton University in 1978 with an A.B. in Politics/Science in Human Affairs and earned an M.D. degree from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in 1982. Mr. Youngblood is based out of the firm’s Dallas office.

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