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Max Levchin

Affirm
San Francisco, United States
Max Levchin co-founded PayPal with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, serving as CTO and building the anti-fraud systems that protected the company. After PayPal, he founded Slide, Yelp (as an early backer), and most notably Affirm, pioneering Buy Now Pay Later in the United States. A Hungarian-born immigrant who came to the US at 16, Levchin is also a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and responsible lending.
Fintech / BNPL

About Affirm

Affirm is a financial technology company offering buy-now-pay-later products, virtual cards, and installment loans for consumers shopping online and in-store at retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Shopify.

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