Draft:Sergey Nazarov
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{{Short description|Technology entrepreneur}}
{{Draft topics|internet-culture|software|technology}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sergey Nazarov
| occupation = Entrepreneur
| known_for = Chainlink
}}
Sergey Nazarov is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Chainlink.{{Cite web |title=Chainlink launches Mainnet to get data in and out of Ethereum smart contracts |url=https://www.zdnet.com/finance/blockchain/chainlink-launches-mainnet-to-get-data-in-and-out-of-ethereum-smart-contracts/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Locke |first=Taylor |title='A solvable problem': Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov remains bullish on cross-chain future with SWIFT partnership |url=https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/09/28/chainlink-founder-sergey-nazarov-bullish-on-cross-chain-future-with-swift/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Fortune Crypto |language=en}}, a decentralized oracle network{{Cite web |title=Blockchain smart contracts are finally good for something in the real world |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/11/19/139032/blockchain-smart-contracts-can-finally-have-a-real-world-impact/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}. He serves as the CEO of Chainlink Labs{{Cite web |last=Kharif |first=Olga |title=Chainlink Labs Taps Former Diem CTO Dahlia Malkhi in Web3 Push |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-29/chainlink-labs-taps-former-diem-cto-dahlia-malkhi-in-web3-push |website=Bloomberg |access-date=2025-06-17 |language=en}}.
Career
Nazarov co-founded Chainlink along with CTO Steve Ellis, who co-authored a white paper introducing the Chainlink protocol and network with Cornell University professor Ari Juels in 2017{{Cite web |title=Chainlink: The backbone of blockchain |url=https://link.smartcontract.com/whitepaper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006080308/https://link.smartcontract.com/whitepaper |archive-date=2017-10-06 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=link.smartcontract.com}}.
In March 2025, Nazarov attended the White House Digital Assets Summit hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omP3GPxaVog |title=President Trump Delivers Remarks at the White House Digital Assets Summit |date=2025-03-07 |last=The White House |access-date=2025-06-17 |via=YouTube}}