Kresus was founded by serial entrepreneur Trevor Traina, who is the former U.S. ambassador to Austria. He is renowned for founding or co-founding other successful businesses such as tech startup IfOnly (sold to MasterCard in 2019), StepUp Commerce (sold to Intuit in 2006), and CompareNet (sold to Microsoft in 1999), among others. He graduated from Oxford University in England and Princeton University in the United States.