How tech bros made their pick
Those vetting Moreno wanted to understand what he would do differently than the current administration and regulatory regime, the senator-elect told CNBC in an interview.
"These are people who know how to vet investments, know how to vet people and they took that same discipline" with me, Moreno said.
It helped that he'd built a blockchain startup, a company called Champ Titles that digitizes automobile ticketing and registration.