Brad Garlinghouse

At-a-Glance

Serves as CEO of Ripple Labs, a financial technology company focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, since December 2016.
Led Hightail (formerly YouSendIt) as CEO from May 2012 to September 2014.
Held senior executive roles at Yahoo! (2003-2008) and AOL (2009-2011), running divisions like Homepage, Flickr, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! Messenger.
Penned the internal "Peanut Butter Manifesto" at Yahoo!, advocating for the company to focus on its core business.
Served as a board member for Animoto (2012-2017), Tonic Health (2011-2016), and Ancestry.com (2013-2016).
Holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in economics from the University of Kansas.
Involved in a U.S. SEC complaint regarding Ripple Labs and XRP, with a July 2023 court ruling that the company's crypto token offering was "not a security."

Biography

Bradley Kent Garlinghouse is an American businessman currently serving as the CEO of Ripple Labs, a financial technology company specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions. He joined Ripple as COO in April 2015 and was promoted to CEO in December 2016. Under his leadership, Ripple works towards realizing its vision of the Internet of Value and exploring the possibilities for digital assets.