> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://meowswap.gitbook.io/faq/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://meowswap.gitbook.io/faq/meowswap-faq/why-cardano/who-is-the-team-behind-meowswap.md).

# Who is the team behind MeowSwap?

The majority of MeowSwap’s team are MetaHash creators that realized the potential behind Cardano, its community and its eUTXO model. The leader & founder of the MeowSwap team is Gleb Nikitin who has over 20 years of experience in building software, as well as more than 5 years of experience in leading the development of cutting edge crypto technologies. Gleb’s inspiration for MeowSwap’s high-throughput engine comes from his experience in building Real Time Bidding (RTB) systems as well as from building MetaHash that has over 50 000 tps throughput and 3 seconds finality. MeowSwap team consists of 9 team members and 3 advisors, whilst all of them are crypto veterans. Some of the team members’ names that might be familiar to crypto aficionados are the MeowSwap team’s Lead Developer Kirill Zatsepin, Issam Samara, and Eduard Gurinovich as the team’s advisor.