The Planet Capital financial services company has announced that Steve Wozniak, famous co-founder of Apple, will join their roster of employees as a consultant and part of their Board of Directors. Planet Capital are the manufacturers of the “Kiosk” ATMS that include crypto currency exchange functionality.BitStarz Mobile App – Best Crypto Gaming on Your Phone
The announcement was made on April 30 through a barebones BitStarz Mobile App – Best Crypto Gaming on Your Phonepress release on their website, which simply mentioned him on the title “Apple Co-founder, Steve Wozniak joins Planet Capital Board”, but didn’t elaborate on the particular and simply read:BitStarz Mobile App – Best Crypto Gaming on Your Phone
Planet Capital, FinTech innovator and developer of multi-function Next Gen ATM Kiosks, announced its launch into the burgeoning self service payments space this week.BitStarz Mobile App – Best Crypto Gaming on Your Phone
Chairman, Lee Caplin is Co-Founder of Penske Media, owner of Variety Magazine and the entrepreneur responsible for creating the first military grade encryption for civilian telephones. Planet’s CTO, Dan Sokol, along with Caplin made a joint statement, saying that “Planet’s strategy is to deploy kiosks free of charge, removing the ‘pay wall’ and common financial barriers for many merchants desiring to install service-ready, multi-function ATM’s to meet their clients growing financial, digital and virtual needs within this fast-moving economy.” Caplin referred to Planet’s strategic team, saying that “My brain trust consists of some of Silicon Valley’s heaviest hitters.” Company directors and advisors include:
Steve “Woz” Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder
Reed Hundt, President Clinton Administration FCC Chairman
Steve Mayer, Atari Co-Founder
John Harris, former CFO of The Carlyle Group
Ken Hardesty, former IBM/ Seagate ExecutiveLyle Elias, Planet Capital CEO, ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) co-founder and PAYe Network founder said, “With an ‘All-Star’ team focused on exploiting our patent pending IP and “Blockchain” technology, Planet’s ‘Next Gen ATM kiosks, unique network architecture and state-of-the-art wallet solution will make us a major payments industry disrupter. Elias said, “Planet’s strategy is geared toward capturing a significant share of the growing global market low cost payments kiosks. Planet will become the global market leader in self-service alternative payments.”
Other members of their “all-star” team also boast interesting credentials, such as Mater, who co-founded Atari, Hundt, former FCC Chairman during the Clinton administration and former IBM executive, Ken Hardesty.
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