Jinglan Wang – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Jinglan Wang's history.
5
Total Milestones
2018
Earliest
2026
Latest
8 yrs
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Showing 5 milestones for Jinglan Wang
20261 milestone
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1 Mar 2026
OP Labs restructures and lays off 20 employees
OP Labs, led by CEO Jinglan Wang, lays off about 20 staff in a strategic refocus.
www.cryptotimes.io/2026/03/12/op-labs-lays-off-employees/20221 milestone
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1 Apr 2022
Becomes CEO & Executive Director at Optimism Foundation
Wang is appointed CEO and Executive Director of the Optimism Foundation.
www.cryptonewsnavigator.com/companies/optimismfnd20192 milestones
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1 Dec 2019
Becomes Co-founder & CEO at OP Labs PBC
Wang becomes co-founder and CEO of Optimism PBC, later renamed OP Labs PBC.
yespress.io/op-labs-pbc2
1 Jan 2019
Co-founds Optimism (as Plasma Group)
Wang co-founds Optimism, evolving Plasma Group’s research into a Layer 2 scaling startup.
gitcoin.co/case-studies/optimism-from-plasma-group-research-to-a-2b-layer-2-ecosystem20181 milestone
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1 Sep 2018
Becomes Executive Director at Plasma Group
Jinglan Wang takes on leadership of the Ethereum scaling research collective Plasma Group.
yespress.io/op-labs-pbc