Kraken, a cryptocurrency platform announced the appointment of Arjun Sethi as co-CEO, serving alongside David Ripley, who will become co-CEO.
Sethi also serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of Tribe Capital and is widely recognized as one of the top early-stage venture investors in Silicon Valley. Notable investments include xAI, Rippling, Applied Intuition, Slack, Gusto, Swarm, and Carta. Sethi is also a successful two-time founder who joined Yahoo’s executive team, where he led data and analytics teams and ran mobile and emerging products.
Jesse Powell, Kraken co-founder and Board Chair, said, “Arjun has served on the Kraken board since 2021 and has helped us navigate a lot of our toughest challenges. That’s why I fully trust him to inject new leadership and momentum into what we’re doing. He’s someone who gets things done and you can see that through the many companies he’s helped in his career, as a founder and as an investor.”
“Kraken is one of the strongest N-of-1 companies I’ve ever seen. And I’ve spent my career building N-of-1 companies. These transformative businesses create products around themselves as a central utility, using the network effect to dominate entire ecosystems. Kraken has created incredible customer loyalty by building a bridge from the old world to the new. That strong bond of customer mission of building a bridge from the old world to the new – rooted in encryption, free markets, currency choice, privacy and security. A strong bond of trust means that networks quickly form around anything that Kraken builds. Together with Jesse, Dave, and the rest of the leadership team, we’ll drive scale and continue pushing the boundaries of innovation in crypto and beyond,” said Sethi.
“Arjun and I have worked closely for several years and I have seen firsthand all that he brings to the table. I’m excited to team up with him as we chart Kraken’s next phase of growth,” said Dave Ripley, co-CEO at Kraken.
