These 60,000% increase helped the wave to become second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and now its value is more than $ 140 billion. In the beginning of 2017, Ripple has an XRP token for $ 3.00 in the price of $ 3.00, and in 2017, the cost of cryptocurrencies ecosystem has increased to 1,000%. Its reported 17% share of the company has reached its total net worth at $ 44.16 billion at current rates. Its former CEO Chris Larsen currently has 5.19 billion XRP tokens of more than $ 16.9 billion. According to Forbes, its co-founder is the company wave based in San Francisco, behind this XRP token, which it uses Blockchain technology in financial transactions.
source - https://www.ccn.com/rocketing-ripple-puts-founders-and-ceo-among-the-worlds-richest-people/