Board of Directors ripple labs:
Garlinghouse was born on February 6, 1971 in Kansas, USA. He studied at the University of Kansas in Economics, and also has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Brad worked in some major technology and computer science companies such as Yahoo, AOL, Hightail, and he held posts on ancestry.com and Tonic Health.
The board of directors of the company Ripple included Zoe Cruz, who from 2005 to 2007 held the position of co-president in Morgan Stanley.

The former director of the New York City Financial Services Authority (NYDFS) and the creator of BitLicense, Benjamin Loski, is now on the board of directors of the Ripple crypto-currency start-up. As stated in the press release of the company, he will promote the payment platform and the XRP token.
Former economic adviser to Obama joined the Board of Directors Ripple Labs

and others...
Some Capitalists who have nothing to do with the free and decontralized market!