Name
Chris Larsen
Chris Larsen
San Francisco, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, San Francisco State University | Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business
United States
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cryptocurrency, Self Made
$1,900,000,000
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#1227 Billionaires 2019
#383 Forbes 400 2018
In 2012, Larsen cofounded Ripple with Mt. Gox founder Jed McCaleb to facilitate international payments for banks using blockchain technology.Prior to that he cofounded online mortgage lender e-Loan in 1997 and in 2005 cofounded Prosper, a peer-to-peer lender.Ripple counts Mitsubishi Financial, Bank of America and Santander among its 100-plus customers.Larsen stepped down as Ripple CEO in December 2016; he stayed on as executive chairman.
Ripple owns 61% of the total supply of its cryptocurrency, XRP.
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