Chris Larsen's Net Worth, Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

Celebrated Name:

Chris Larsen

Real Name/Full Name:

Chris Larsen

Gender:

Male

Age:

60 years old

Birth Date:

18 August 1960

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Nationality:

American

Height:

1.62 m

Weight:

71 kg

Sexual Orientation:

Straight

Marital Status:

Married

Wife/Spouse (Name):

Lyna Lam

Children/Kids (Son and Daughter):

Yes (N/A)

Dating/Girlfriend (Name):

N/A

Is Chris Larsen Gay?:

No

Profession:

Business executive, angel investor

Salary:

N/A

Net Worth:

$2.5 billion

Last Updated:

January 2021

Chris Larsen is an American investor who is majorly known for co-founding numerous Silicon Valley startups, which later became very successful in the market. Some of his essential investments are E-Loan, which is a mortgage lender. The company became only one in the market, which provides FICO credits to the customers free of cost. He also co-founded Prosper Marketplace, where he worked as a CEO until 2012.

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Early Life & Biography

Personal Life

Chris Larsen is married to his wife, Lyna Lam. They have two kids together and are currently living in San Francisco, where they own a huge mansion. Chris is very private about his personal life, and there are not much information revealed by him to the media.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 18 August 1960, Chris Larsen is 60 years old as of today’s date 23rd January 2021. His height is 1.62 m tall, and his weight is 71 kg.

Career

Chris’s professional career started in the early 1990s when he began working at a mortgage lender. One of his best friends, and also his colleague at that time, Janina Pawlowski, and Chris, together decided to quit their respective jobs to open a mortgage business of their own. Later they shifted their focus from mortgage business to a lending industry. They raised a fund of $450,000 in their first career only. They moved their office to Dublin, just because they wanted to expand the same.

Later they founded another company named ‘E-Loan,’ which was a significant hit in the market. After working for a few years, they sold E-Loan for over $18.9 billion, because in the later stages, the company’s profit margin was decreasing. In 2012, Chris founded OpenCoin, which worked on the protocol of Ripple, developed bu Ryan Fugger.

Awards & Achievements

Chris Larsen is one of the most influential names in the Silicon Valley industry, who has founded several successful companies throughout his career. He co-founded the company Ripple in 2012, which served as a payment bank to the consumers. The company collaborated with business giants such as American Express and Santander. He is currently serving as the executive chairperson of Ripple. Later in 2019, he donated $25 million to San Francisco University, majorly in XRP.

Net Worth & Salary of Chris Larsen

Chris Larsen is one of the wealthiest businessmen of his respective field. Forbes has listed him among the top 400 richest men of the world, where he ranks at number 388. His source of income is from cryptocurrency and from the companies he co-founded throughout his career. As of January 2021, His total net worth is estimated to be around $2.5 billion, which is increasing each passing day.

Chris Larsen is an American businessman who has co-founded several companies and raised numerous startups in Silicon Valley. The main field of his expertise is a cryptocurrency, in which he is the richest. Some of his essential investments are E-Loan, which is a mortgage lender. He is currently working as the executive chairman of Ripple Inc.