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If you have some knowledge about Cryptocurrency then you must be knowing or hearing that prices of crypto currencies are skyrocketing. Many people benefited and made millions from buying these coins while other regretted of not buying it.
Let's move aside to the main topic and talk about people who actually created these cryto currencies and after their value increased are now among the richest people in the world.
Chris Larsen
He is the co-founder of the currency Ripple (XRP) and owns 5.19 billion Ripple's (XRP) coins which is now worth a massive $59.9 billion which makes him worth richer than "Google" founders Larry Page and Sergery Brin.
Currently he is 5th on the richest people list and looks like will surpass Mark Zuckerberg also if Ripple (XRP) will continue to rise in its value.
He is holder of 17 percent stake in Ripple (XRP) and as of now is valued at $235.4 billion.
Vitalik Buterin
He is the co-founder of the currency Ethereum (ETH) and unlike other cryptocurrencies it is platform where decentralized transactions are carried through blockchain.
In 2016 he had owned 630,000 Ethereum (ETH) but had later sold 25% of it but is still a multimillionaire.
One Ethereum (ETH) coin is now worth around $1000 so that makes him one of the richest people on earth too.