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Jed McCaleb

American tech entrepreneur and philanthropist

  • Audience744
  • Fame62.4
  • Momentum8.8
  • Founders rank#91
  • Wikipedia6.6K
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Born 1975 · age 51United States
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    Born 1975
Summary
Updated 2026-06-19

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. 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.

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$3.9Bestimated · 2026

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62.4
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Momentum8.8
Historical5.9
Source confidence55.0
Completeness75.0
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Category rank
#91
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