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Max Levchin

United States 50 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
fintech
Residence
San Francisco, California
Education
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Bachelor of Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • Affirm Holdings
    27,221,000 shares @ -
    -
    AFRM-US
  • Affirm Holdings
    2,000,000 shares @ -
    -
    AFRM-US

Biography

Levchin is cofounder and CEO of Affirm Holdings, a fintech lending company that helps people pay for items like cameras and dresses in installments.

Before Affirm launched in 2014, Levchin cofounded PayPal, gaming company Slide and fertility-tracking app Glow.

Levchin owns more than 8% of Affirm, which went public on the Nasdaq in January 2021.

In 1991, Levchin and his family emigrated from Ukraine to Chicago as Jewish refugees; they arrived with just $700.