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David Schwartz

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Board Member at Ripple · Executive at Ripple Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

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About

David Schwartz is CTO Emeritus at Ripple and an architect of the XRP Ledger. His work focuses on distributed payment systems, cryptography, computer security, and software development, with an emphasis on startups and small, fast-growing companies. He also advises companies on strategic planning in emerging technologies such as distributed payment systems and secure computing.

Executive at Ripple Labs

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Ripple Labs's investors · 28

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checksAbstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksAurum Venture PartnersPleasantonAvant Global LLCSanta BarbaraCamp One VenturesSilicon ValleyCastle Island VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checksCore Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $1M – $5M checksDigital Currency GroupNew YorkFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcPalo AltoFortress Investment GroupNew York · $10M – $150M checks · since 2025Gen CapitalChicagoGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksHinge CapitalHaddonfield · $500K – $1M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMiddlegame VenturesLuxembourgMouro CapitalLondon · $1M – $15M checksNeuberger BermanChicago · since 2026NKM CapitalSan FranciscoPantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Parade VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checksRoute 66 VenturesAlexandria · $500K – $4M checksRRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checksSapien Ventures / Sapien GroupChatswoodSC VenturesSingaporeSCB 10XBangkok · $1.2M – $100M checksStreamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksThe Brkfst ClubLondonThirdstream PartnersSan Mateo

Co-founders at Ripple Labs

RF
Ryan FuggerFounder
CL
Christian LarsenExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. RippleCTO Emerituscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. RippleChief Cryptographercurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco
  3. RippleCTO2018 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  4. WebMaster IncorporatedChief Technical Officer2001 — 2011
  5. WebMaster IncorporatedDirector of Software Development1998 — 2001
  6. Worldwide Internet SolutionsSenior Network Engineer1996 — 1998
  7. Internet Gateway ConnectionsDirector of Network Services1995 — 1996
  8. CardiophonicsPartner1992 — 1995
  9. RE/MAXSoftware Developer1991 — 1992Long Island, New York
  10. David Schwartz EnterprisesCEO1988 — 1991

Skills & more

Linux8SaaS3MySQL2Java4C++13Enterprise Software2Microsoft SQL Server1Servers3Operating Systems1Unix5C++ Language1Network Security9
+12 moreNetwork DesignCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentArchitectureSecurityVirtualizationIntegrationEnterprise ArchitectureData CenterSystem ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesNetworking

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Colleagues at Ripple

Anja Manuel
Board Member at Ripple
Bernard Ginalski
Investor at Ripple
Brad Garlinghouse
Chief Executive Officer at Ripple
Chris Larsen
Executive Chairman of Ripple at Ripple
D.A. Wallach
General Partner at Time BioVentures
Eric Jeck
Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development at Ripple
Eric van Miltenburg
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Ripple
Jon Bilich
Chief Financial Officer at Ripple

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Who is David Schwartz?
David Schwartz is CTO Emeritus at Ripple and an architect of the XRP Ledger. His work focuses on distributed payment systems, cryptography, computer security, and software development, with an emphasis on startups and small, fast-growing companies. He also advises companies on strategic planning in emerging technologies such as distributed payment systems and secure computing.
Where does David Schwartz work?
David Schwartz is Board Member at Ripple and Executive at Ripple Labs.
Where did David Schwartz go to school?
David Schwartz studied at University of Houston (Electrical Engineering); University of Houston (Electrical Engineering).

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