# Chris Larsen

_American programmer_

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Last updated: 2026-11-04

> Christian Larsen is an American business executive and angel investor best known for co-founding several Silicon Valley technology startups, including one based on peer to peer lending. In 1996, he co-founded the online mortgage lender E-Loan, and during his tenure as CEO E-Loan became the first company to freely provide consumers' FICO credit scores. By 2000, E-Loan's market value was estimated at $1 billion In 2005, Larsen left the company when it was sold to Banco Popular. In 2006, he co-founded Prosper Marketplace and was CEO until 2012. Later in 2012, he co-founded the company Ripple Labs, Inc., which developed Ripple, software that enables the instant and direct transfer of money between two parties.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1960 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P569))
- **Place of birth:** San Francisco ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P27))
- **Occupation:** businessperson; business executive; angel investor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P106))
- **Education:** Stanford Graduate School of Business; San Francisco State University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P69))
- **X (Twitter):** chrislarsensf ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P2002))
- **Instagram:** lmsjetman ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583#P2003))

## Questions

**When was Chris Larsen born?**  
Chris Larsen was born on 1960 in San Francisco.

**Where did Chris Larsen study?**  
Chris Larsen was educated at Stanford Graduate School of Business, San Francisco State University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Chris Larsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Larsen) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q19864583](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864583) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Chris Larsen on When Shift Happens (2025).jpg by When Shift Happens (CC BY 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Larsen_on_When_Shift_Happens_(2025).jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Chris Larsen". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/chris-larsen. Retrieved 6 November 2026.