Chris Larsen: podcast appearances and interviews

Chris Larsen, born in 1960, is an American business executive and angel investor known for co-founding several Silicon Valley technology startups. He was involved in the creation of E-Loan in 1996, an online mortgage lender that became the first to provide consumers with free FICO credit scores. During his tenure as CEO, E-Loan achieved a market value estimated at one billion dollars, and the company was sold to Banco Popular in 2005. In 2006, Larsen co-founded Prosper Marketplace, serving as its CEO until 2012. Later that year, he co-founded Ripple Labs, Inc., which developed Ripple software to facilitate instant and direct money transfers between parties. Larsen describes himself as