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 106 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #6,705 (top 5%) among 493,668 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 205,976 followers as of October 2026 and 815 posts. Chris Larsen has been mentioned by 305 accounts, with 1,367 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Chris Larsen include 445 founders, 89 angel investors, 181 influencers and 24 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Erik Voorhees, Fred Ehrsam, CoinDesk, Luca Netz and Jesse Powell.