Chris Larsen is a very successful name in the fields of entrepreneurship and investment. He is especially known for his work in the cryptocurrency world. He was the co-founder and former CEO of Ripple Labs. Ripple is a blockchain technology company that makes international money transfers faster, cheaper and more secure.
Larsen was born in San Francisco in 1960. He studied economics and business management at Stanford University. After graduation, he worked in various finance and technology companies. In 1996, he founded an online mortgage company called E-Loan. E-Loan was one of the first online mortgage companies to go public and was sold to AOL in 2000 for $4.3 billion.
After E-Loan, Larsen founded a peer-to-peer lending platform called Prosper Marketplace. Prosper has become one of the largest peer-to-peer lending platforms in the US.
In 2012, Larsen founded Ripple Labs. Ripple's goal is to make international money transfers faster, cheaper and more secure. It does this using a cryptocurrency called XRP and a blockchain network called RippleNet. Ripple quickly became a popular solution among financial institutions, and Larsen became one of the leading figures in the cryptocurrency world.
Larsen is also active in the fields of entrepreneurship and investing. He is a member of many venture capital funds and angel investor networks. It invests especially in startups in the fields of fintech and blockchain.
Larsen has left a significant mark in the cryptocurrency world with his innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirit. He continues to shape the future of international money transfers.
Interesting Details About Chris Larsen:
Larsen is a jazz musician and plays the piano.
He sits on the boards of many arts institutions, including the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Larsen is a philanthropist and founded a charity called Rippleworks. Rippleworks is an organization focused on education and economic development.
He was declared a billionaire by Forbes magazine in 2018.
