The Top 50 Richest Steemit Whales ranked by Steem Power [1-10]

As asked for by @jerrybanfield - here is the start to the top 50 richest Steemit Whales!

The top 3 are accounts run by Steemit and include the following:

1. Steemit
2. Freedom
3. Steem

Note: I have therefore skipped these 3 and moved onto the actual richest whales (users) on Steemit! Here are the next (top) 7.

**OKAY . . . **

1. @ned

Ned Scott is the founder and CEO of Steemit!

Social links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/certainassets?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nedscott/

Cool piece of Information:
He was an analyst at Gellert Global Group before starting Steemit.

1. @dan

Daniel Larimer is a former co-founder of Steemit but has since left.He is also involved or was involved in BitShares.
Around about 3 months ago he posted via his Steemit account that he had submitted his resignation.Ned Scott commented and wished him well in his future endeavours.

Social links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bytemaster7?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-larimer-0a367089/

Cool piece of Information:
He is one of the founders of EOS - https://eos.io (EOS is looking to "Decentralize Everything").EOS are currently busy with their ICO so it's worth a gander.

1. @blocktrades

Block trades is a website that enables users to rapidly and safely purchase cryptocurrencies without the problems that are typically encountered with purchasing through a centralized cryptocurrency exchange.
It gives users the ability to not have to maintain a balance on their site. Instead, the user must simply send in the desired amount of cryptocurrency that they wish to spend, and Block Trade will transfer an equivalent amount of the cryptocurrency that they are buying into their wallet.

Social links
Website: https://blocktrades.us

Cool piece of Information:
Personally I believe they have quite a cool idea and product and it is worth checking out!

1. @val-a

Valentine Zavgorodnev is a current employee of Steemit.By just having a look at his wallet - he has a ton of influence on Steemit!
He is a UX/Software Engineer at Steemit and has been with the company for roughly 1 year and 3 months.

Social links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentine/
Github: https://github.com/valzav

Cool piece of Information:
He has a Russian heritage,speaks the language and has a deep history in Software engineering dating back to 1999.

1. @mottler

With as little as 198 followers and 0 posts (probably have been taken down down) @mottler is very interesting as he/she is currently the 8th biggest whale! However - I could not find any information regarding this person unfortunately! I will keep looking though!

1. @abit

Abit More is a very active member of Steemit - with over 2700 followers and a reputation score of 69 - he/she is very involved!
What is currently known is the fact that Abit is a developer of some kind.

I did unfortunately struggle to find more information about this person but will keep trying to get in contact and find out some more information.

1. @databass

Databass is also another odd account. With 0 posts and only 159 followers - this person/group is not active anymore on Steemit and therefore no information could really be gathered here.

This has been the top 10 Whales ranked by Steem Power!

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