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Max Levchin
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- fintech
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Education
- University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Bachelor of Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Affirm Holdings27,221,000 shares @ --AFRM-US
- Affirm Holdings2,000,000 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.