Ripple CEO Celebrates His Birthday After Key Victories

Ripple CEO Brad Garinghouse is celebrating his 54th birthday on Feb. 6 after securing some key wins on the regulatory front. 

Several industry players are already congratulating Garlinghouse, including pro-XRP exchange Uphold.

The influence of the Ripple executive continues to grow. Earlier this week, it was reported that he was shortlisted for a key position on the recently formed U.S. Crypto Advisory Council. 

Before joining Ripple as the company’s COO back in 2015, Garlinghouse had served as Senior Vice President at tech giant Yahoo! as well as President of Consumer Applications at AOL. 

Last year, Garlinghouse revealed that he declined an offer from ride-hailing giant Uber before joining Ripple. He felt like Uber would not be as disruptive as the fledgling enterprise blockchain company.

Garlinghouse took the helm of the company in late 2016, replacing co-founder Chris Larsen. Larsen talked the former into accepting such an offer. 

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Under his leadership, Ripple has become one of the biggest names in the enterprise blockchain sector.

Meanwhile, the XRP token is now the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.   

Meanwhile, Garlinghouse’s official X account has surpassed 1.1 million followers, which makes him one of the most popular crypto industry leaders. As reported by U.Today, the Ripple boss joined the 1 million club back in December following XRP’s enormous rally. 

In a recent social media post, Garlinghouse said that the fourth quarter was “one for the history books” in terms of XRP’s performance. 

Recently, Garlinghouse revealed that Ripple owned more than $100 billion worth of XRP.