Carlos
Creus
Moreira
Internet pioneer, cybersecurity architect, and serial technology entrepreneur. Founder of two Nasdaq-listed companies and architect of the world's most comprehensive quantum-secure digital trust ecosystem — spanning silicon, satellites, blockchain, and AI governance.
Moments that defined
a 40-year journey
Photos: WISeKey Nasdaq Opening Bell Ceremony · March 3, 2022 · New York · Images courtesy WISeKey International Holding Ltd
A life at the intersection
of technology & global power
Spanning four decades of engagement at the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative, and international summits across five continents, Carlos Moreira has built relationships with heads of state, Nobel laureates, technology pioneers, and global business leaders. These encounters are not incidental to his work — they are the mechanism through which WISeKey's digital trust architecture has been adopted at the sovereign level.
A second Nasdaq listing —
post-quantum semiconductors from Geneva
SEALSQ (LAES) — Nasdaq Bell Ceremony
Nasdaq MarketSite · Times Square, New York · January 2024
(LAES) — first post-quantum semiconductor IPO on Nasdaq
Four listings.
One continuous story of trust.
Holding Ltd
CHF 5.87 first close
ISIN: CH0314029270
Holding Ltd
ADR listing · New York
Bell ceremony: Mar 3, 2022
Post-Quantum Semiconductors
Upgraded to Global Select
Bell ceremony: Feb 11, 2025
Secure LEO Satellite Constellation
SPAC merger H1–Q4 2026
Independent Nasdaq listing
SIX Swiss Exchange IPO data: First listing March 31, 2016 · Symbol: WIHN · ISIN: CH0314029270 · Sector: Technology 9500 · Regulatory Standard: International Reporting Standard · Index: SPI · View on SIX Group →
Global coverage of
a 25-year technology journey
From the America's Cup
to Formula One
Long before satellite constellations and post-quantum chips, WISeKey established its credentials as a provider of high-stakes digital security through partnerships with the world's most demanding sporting competitions. Carlos Moreira understood that elite sport — like national security infrastructure — demands protection where failure is not an option. These partnerships were not sponsorships in name only: in both the America's Cup and Formula One, WISeKey's and SEALSQ's technologies are operationally embedded in how the teams protect their most sensitive competitive intelligence.
WISeKey served as the sole digital security provider for the Alinghi sailing syndicate across three editions of the America's Cup — the oldest international sporting trophy in the world. The partnership began as Alinghi, led by Ernesto Bertarelli, prepared its challenge for the 2003 Cup in Auckland — which it won 5–0 against Team New Zealand, returning the trophy to Europe for the first time since 1851.
For the 2007 defence in Valencia, WISeKey secured Alinghi's entire digital infrastructure: hosting the team's confidential websites, creating biometric-protected electronic tokens for privileged staff and fans, producing digital signature certificates for operational facilities, and developing secure identification cards with photograph, password, and computer chips limiting access to sensitive design data. Alinghi retained the Cup, winning 5–2.
Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth stated: "The America's Cup is a design contest and a technology race." The spying scandal that hit Formula One's McLaren team in the same year — which cost McLaren $100 million and all constructor points — demonstrated exactly why WISeKey's work was mission-critical. For the 2010 defence, WISeKey was again named the primary sponsor, with Ernesto Bertarelli personally welcoming the partnership: "Security is paramount in our campaign. Our partnership with WISeKey will ensure we have optimum protection."
In November 2025, SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) announced an official partnership with BWT Alpine Formula One Team — the team that has won the Formula One World Championship seven times. The partnership was launched at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 21, 2025, simultaneous with the commercial launch of the QS7001 Quantum Shield chip.
The collaboration focuses on applying quantum-security technologies across BWT Alpine's operational and data security systems, with the intention of making the team one of the first in Formula One to be fully protected against quantum-era threats. SEALSQ's quantum-resistant encryption can be deployed to prevent the compromise of strategic and technical data — the same data that cost McLaren $100 million when F1's last major espionage scandal unfolded in 2007.
Carlos Moreira said: "Racing is not only about speed on the track, but also about innovation in the lab and the cloud. By merging our quantum and secure semiconductor expertise with BWT Alpine Formula One Team's engineering excellence, we are building a new performance paradigm where technology and security accelerate together."
The partnership follows WISeKey's tradition of involvement in world-class racing — from the America's Cup wins with Alinghi to the current quantum security frontier in F1. BWT Alpine's Global Marketing Director Guy Martin added: "SEALSQ's innovative protection aligns perfectly with the team's future ambition."
"Racing is not only about speed on the track, but also about innovation in the lab and the cloud. WISeKey and Alinghi share many values — we both deeply believe in integrity, excellence, and the transforming possibilities of first-rate technology. We are proud of inheriting the tradition of building winning organisations in Switzerland."
— Carlos Moreira · on WISeKey's partnership with Alinghi and SEALSQ's F1 ambitionsThe Internet was built
without an identity layer
In 1989, as Tim Berners-Lee developed the web at CERN in Geneva to facilitate information sharing among scientists, Carlos Moreira foresaw a critical structural flaw: the original web architecture did not distinguish between a machine and a human. As the web grew into global infrastructure, it would lack mechanisms to protect human identity directly, forcing reliance on third-party providers.
"The fundamental right to privacy is at stake — and if users begin to abandon the Internet because of security concerns, the multitude of recent positive developments in digital communications will be lost."
— Carlos Moreira, WEF Agenda · Davos 2015That conviction — privacy as a fundamental human right — has driven every company Carlos has built. WISeKey anchors digital trust in hardware rather than software, and the OISTE Root of Trust has become a foundational layer for over 1.6 billion secure devices worldwide. Its vaults are maintained in secure facilities under the Swiss Alps: once they held gold, now they protect digital identity.
In 2015 at Davos, Moreira introduced the concept of Big Trust — arguing that the internet's future depends not on data accumulation, but on verifiable, hardware-anchored trust engineered at the global level. That thesis is now being proven correct at quantum scale.
Shaping global policy
at Davos since 2007
"With billions of people growing increasingly distrustful of the internet, the urgent necessity for a new model has emerged — Big Trust. There is actual commercial value in offering trust and security. The fundamental right to privacy is at stake."
— Carlos Moreira · WEF Agenda, January 2015 · weforum.org/stories/authors/carlos-moreiraTwice on the world's
most prestigious exchange
WISeKey at Nasdaq Times Square · 2019
The Opening Bell —
March 3, 2022
On March 3, 2022, Carlos Moreira rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City — celebrating WISeKey's Nasdaq listing (WKEY). The ceremony received coverage from Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox News, and BNN Bloomberg, and featured actress and brand ambassador Brooke Shields.
The moment marked a milestone in a journey that began in Geneva in 1999: one of the world's first cybersecurity companies, built from scratch, publicly listed on the world's premier technology exchange.
In December 2023, Moreira led a second Nasdaq IPO — SEALSQ Corp (LAES) — making WISeKey one of very few companies to have completed two separate Nasdaq listings under the same founding CEO.
Four decades of
building the internet's trust
Six companies.
One architecture of trust.
Recognised across
four decades of impact
At the table where
technology policy is made
| Period | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 1983–1999 | UN Expert — Cybersecurity & Trust Models | ILO · UNCTAD · ITC/WTO · World Bank · UNDP · ESCAP |
| 1993–pres. | Founder | OISTE.org — International PKI Root of Trust |
| 1995–2000 | Vice President | World Trade Center Geneva |
| 2000–pres. | Member | UN Global Compact |
| 2005–pres. | Founder | Geneva Security Forum |
| 2005–pres. | Founder | Geneva Philanthropy Forum |
| 2007–2016 | WEF New Champion (Global Growth Companies) | World Economic Forum |
| 2007–pres. | Founding Member, Global Growth Companies | World Economic Forum |
| 2012–2015 | Vice-Chair, Agenda Council on Illicit Trade | World Economic Forum |
| 2012, 2015 | Published Author — WEF Agenda | weforum.org/stories/authors/carlos-moreira |
| 2014–2016 | Member, Global Agenda Council on Future of IT | World Economic Forum |
| Ongoing | Founding Member, E-Voting Committee | Geneva Government |
| Ongoing | Member, Blockchain Advisory Board | Government of Mexico |
| Ongoing | Member | Blockchain Research Institute |
| Ongoing | Member | New York Forum |
| Ongoing | WEF Trailblazer, Shaper & Innovator | World Economic Forum |
| 2019–pres. | Founder | Blockchain Center of Excellence |
| 2019–pres. | Founder | TrustValley |
| 2025–pres. | Lead, HUMAN-AI-T Initiative | United Nations · Geneva |
| Ongoing | CGI Award Holder | Clinton Global Initiative |
| Ongoing | Expert Council Member | PMI Impact · Philip Morris International |
On record — keynotes,
interviews & roundtables
The TransHuman Code
How To Program Your Future
A global bestseller and widely referenced work on managing technology's impact on humanity. The book explores how the convergence of AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, quantum computing, IoT, and robotics is transforming education, employment, communication, transportation, security, governance, finance, and healthcare.
At its core, The TransHuman Code argues for a human-rights-based approach to the digital age — one where technological advancement is measured not by capability alone, but by its alignment with human dignity, freedom, and agency. Moreira co-founded an accompanying movement that continues to educate global citizens on the choices ahead.
The vision expressed in the book is the same vision that drove the founding of WISeKey in 1999, the Big Trust framework introduced at Davos in 2015, and the HUMAN-AI-T initiative launched with the United Nations in 2025. It is the red thread running through four decades of work.