Celebrated Name: | Cody Wilson |
Real Name/Full Name: | Cody Rutledge Wilson |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 36 years old |
Birth Date: | 31 January 1988 |
Birth Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Weight: | 78 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Single |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | No |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Is Cody Wilson Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Crypto-anarchist, free-market anarchist, and gun-rights activist |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $2 million |
Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Cody Wilson is a well-known crypto-anarchist, free-market anarchist, and gun-rights activist from America. He is best known as the founder and director of a non-profit organization Defense Distributed, that develops and publishes open-source gun designs that are right for 3D printing and digital manufacture. Wilson is also the co-founder of the Dark Wallet bitcoin storage technology.
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Early Life & Biography
Cody Rutledge Wilson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 31, 1988. He completed his schooling from the Cabot High School in Cabot, Arkansas, where he was the student body president.
He later attended the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), where he had a scholarship and a bachelor’s degree in English in 2010. Wilson was the president of UCA’s Student Government Association and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. At that time, he traveled to many countries, including China, with UCA’s study-abroad program.
Wilson also attended the University of Texas School of Law in 2012 but dropped out the following year.
Personal Life
Cody Wilson has not been married yet, neither there is any rumor of him being in a relationship with anyone. In 2018, he was accused of committing a second-degree felony for which he was sentenced to seven years of probation, 475 hours of community service, and ordered to pay a $1,200.00 fine.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 31 January 1988, Cody Wilson is 36 years old as of today’s date 2nd December 2024. His height is 1.65 m tall, and his weight is 78 kg.
Career
Cody Wilson began the Wiki Weapon Project to raise funds for designing and releasing the files for a 3D printable gun along with Defense Distributed in 2012. Later, they were threatened by the American manufacturer of 3D printers Stratasys of legal action if Wilson didn’t return their leased 3D printer. The deal was canceled, and they confiscated the printer.
In 2013, Wilson test-fired a pistol called “the Liberator,” which was developed by Stratasys Dimension series. He then released the blueprints of the gun’s design online through a Defense Distributed website. Later, the State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance asked him to delete the files from the internet because it was a violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The following year, Defense Distributed started selling a miniature CNC mill named Ghost Gunner.
In the same year, along with Amir Taaki, Wilson founded Dark Wallet, which was a Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet to help anonymize financial transactions. In 2017, he created the website Hatreon, to provide crowdfunding and payment services for someone who is blocked from platforms such as Kickstarter, Patreon, PayPal, and Stripe.
Awards & Achievements
Cody Wilson has not won any awards till now, but he is making continuous progress in his career and is expected to win big awards in the upcoming years.
In 2012, Wilson was named one of “The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World” by Wired Magazine. He was named one of the five most dangerous people on the Internet in 2015, 2017, and one of the most dangerous people on the Internet of the decade by the same magazine.
Net Worth & Salary of Cody Wilson in 2024
As of December 2024, Cody Wilson has an estimated net worth of more than $2 million. He has made this huge wealth through his successful career as a crypto-anarchist, free-market anarchist, and gun-rights activist.
Wilson received more than $25,000 a month in donations through his crowdfunding site, but most of the money went to white supremacists. He has also appeared in many television shows and movies like After Newtown: Guns in America (2013), Print the Legend (2014), Deep Web (2015), No Control (2015), and The New Radical (2017). He produced the 2020 television series TFW NO GF.
Wilson also makes a significant part of his wealth through media appearances, sponsorships, and brand collaborations.
Cody Wilson is one of the most renowned crypto-anarchists in the United States. He is an avowed crypto-anarchist and is highly influenced by scholar Hans-Herman Hoppe and classical liberals, including Frederic Bastiat.