Max Levchin

About Max Levchin

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 nearly 11% of Affirm. When it went public in January 2021, the stock doubled, bringing its market value to $24 billion. As of early March 2024, the market value was $11 billion.

Affirm posted revenues of nearly $1.6 billion in the year through June 2023 and had a net loss of $985 million.

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