XRP is the world's second largest crypto money after Bitcoin, which is a fintek initiative developed by Ripple for international money transfer.
The price of Ripple, which was traded at $ 0.25 in December, is now $ 2.47 and this price increase is enough to make the founder of the crypto money the richest in the world.
Chris Larsen, whose Ripple was founded in 2012 and has 5.19 billion XRP crypto money, is showing $ 12.82 billion in dollars for the digital value of Forbes.
Larsen, who now owns 17 percent of Ripple, which he is no longer CEO, raised $ 37.3 billion in wealth on this count. According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Larsen is now the 21st richest person in the world.
The 57-year-old businessman left Ripple as CEO in 2016, but continues to work with the company as his boss.