Chris Larsen is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded Ripple, the blockchain payments company behind the XRP Ledger, and currently serves as its Executive Chairman. Chris Larsen's Twitter Score is 107 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #6,513 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Chris Larsen co-founded Ripple and has remained a central figure at the company in his Executive Chairman role. In 2020, the SEC filed allegations that Ripple, Larsen, and Bradley Garlinghouse raised more than $1.3 billion through an unregistered securities offering involving XRP, and further alleged that Larsen and Garlinghouse personally conducted unregistered XRP sales totaling approximately $600 million. In 2024, a federal judge ordered Ripple to pay a civil penalty of just over $125 million in connection with that case.
Chris Larsen has been active across Ripple's broader investment efforts. Ripple has deployed more than $600 million across more than 70 direct investments and more than 10 limited partner investments to support Web3 solutions. Chris Larsen's portfolio includes GrowSF, Puma AI, Yellow and Yellow. Chris Larsen's account has accumulated 206,450 followers as of August 2026 and 815 posts. Chris Larsen has been mentioned by 303 accounts, with 1,365 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Chris Larsen include 443 founders, 89 angel investors, 180 influencers and 25 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Erik Voorhees, Fred Ehrsam, CoinDesk, Luca Netz and Jesse Powell.