Ripple

Fintech · San Francisco, US · ripple.com

Crypto infrastructure for global payments, stablecoins and institutional custody.

Founders

Chris Larsen (United States · ♂) — A first-generation college fintech founder who built E-Loan and peer-to-peer lender Prosper, he joined McCaleb's protocol to co-found OpenCoin (Ripple) and bring it to market as CEO.
Jed McCaleb (United States · ♂) — After founding Mt. Gox and eDonkey2000, he conceived an energy-efficient consensus alternative to Bitcoin that became the XRP Ledger and Ripple, before leaving in 2014 for Stellar.
Arthur Britto (♂) — An engineer-architect who, frustrated by Bitcoin mining waste, co-designed the XRP Ledger's protocols, consensus and distribution and remains a Ripple advisor.
David Schwartz (United States · ♂) — A veteran cryptographer who co-built the XRP Ledger's architecture and later became Ripple's CTO.

Team & hubs

Around 1,745 people on the team.

Where the team is based, by share of staff.

San Francisco Bay Area25%

London10%

Singapore10%

New York10%

Riyadh5%

People & leadership

Jack K. DirectorRoberto Verrillo Senior DirectorJack McDonald SVP, StablecoinsNormando Fay LatAm Sales DirectorTania Griffith Head of Sales UK and EuropeIan Burge Communications Director, EMEACassandra Cox Business Development DirectorGökhan Nazenin Head of Commercials DACH & CEE

Around the web

X ↗GitHub ↗Crunchbase ↗

Funding history

Date	Round	Amount
Nov 2025	Growth Ripple raised a $500M strategic investment at a $40B valuation from Fortress, Citadel Securities and Pantera to accelerate on stablecoins and global payments.	$500M

Investors

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Citadel Securities Fortress Investment Group Pantera Capital

Acquisitions

Ripple has acquired Palisade.

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