Chris Larsen
Executive Chairman & Co-founder of Ripple
Business executive and Angel investor
Chris Larsen
The Ripple network is a protocol. It's like HTTP for money

ABOUT

  • Executive Chairman and co-founder of Ripple
  • Net worth $2.5 billion as of 2021
  • Previously, served the company as its CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Co-founded and served as CEO of Prosper and E-LOAN in 2005
  • Launched Ripple in 2012 with Jed McCaleb to use blockchain technology to help banks make international payments
  • Stepped down as CEO of Ripple in December 2016 but continues to serve as executive chairman
  • Worked at numerous companies and organizations including: Betable, CreditKarma, and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

A lot of financial technology is foolhardy. Saying, ‘We’re going to kill banks. We’re going to disrupt everything,’ ignores some realities

-This Guy

BACKGROUND

  • Born in the year 1960 in San Francisco, California
  • Went to San Francisco State University
  • Graduated with a B.S. in international business and accounting in 1984
  • After graduation, went to work for Chevron, performing financial audits in Brazil, Ecuador, and Indonesia
  • Received M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991
  • Awarded as Alumnus of the Year by SF State in 2004

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The Ripple blockchain company is also a proponent of environmentally sustainable solutions, having designed XRP with long-term sustainability in mind

The XRP cryptocurrency is used to settle cross-border transactions via Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) payment product

Ripple has also sought to broaden its offerings by collaborating with central banks to create a fully functional central bank digital currency (CBDC)

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