Person
David Schwartz
Lately: Ripple as Chief Technology Officer.
“Replacing TradFi with decentralized, censorship-resistant blockchain tech. CTO Emeritus at Ripple; one of the original architects of the XRP ledger.”
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Capital Markets & Treasury
Ripple's David Schwartz Turns a Billboard Mix-Up Viral
A wrong billboard photo from Ripple's David Schwartz turned into crypto Twitter's biggest joke of the day.
Executive Hires
David Schwartz Hands the Ripple CTO Job to Dennis Jarosch
David Schwartz, Ripple's chief technology officer since 2018, told the XRP community on September 30, 2025 that he would step back at the end of the year, and Ripple's senior vice president of engineering, Dennis Jarosch, would take the title.