This is an attempt by Bob Summerwill (along with Ethereum Foundation People) at building up some canonical history of the Ethereum Project and the Ethereum Foundation.
See also the partial public histories in:
- Cut and Try – Building a Dream, written by Taylor Gerring in February 2016
- History of Ethereum, written by the community for Homestead in March 2016
- A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol, written by Vitalik Buterin in September 2017
In Gav's Epicenter interview, he named Jonathan James Harrison AKA "Jonny Bitcoin" as the individual who pointed out Ethereum to him. He had met Johnny through Amir Taaki:
Was that because you wanted to make a lot of money? (Timestamp)
*"We knew that Stephan Tual was a bad actor ... Same logic applies to Charles Hoskinson. There are all kinds of legends about that guy. Jesus Christ, right? Serious, serious troublemaker. Lots of people know the stories."* (soundbite at 26m45s).