Jed McCaleb

American cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Jed McCaleb is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and ex-CEO of aerospace startup Vast and a co-founder and the CTO of Stellar.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Jed McCaleb (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jun 8, 1975.1

About

Prior to co-founding Stellar, McCaleb founded and served as the CTO of the company Ripple until 2013. McCaleb is also known for creating the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange, and the peer-to-peer eDonkey and Overnet networks as well as the eDonkey2000 application.

As of May 2026, McCaleb is worth US$3.9 billion according to Forbes' Billionaires List.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jed McCaleb, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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