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Max Levchin

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Max Levchin · Economics & Business

What

Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal (led its anti-fraud engineering) and founder/CEO of the fintech lender Affirm.

When

1975, Kyiv, Ukraine

Where

Kyiv, Ukraine

Biography

Max Levchin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal (led its anti-fraud engineering) and founder/CEO of the fintech lender Affirm.

How & why

Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur born in 1975 into a Jewish family in Kyiv, emigrating to the United States in 1991. He co-founded PayPal, where he led the anti-fraud engineering that made online payments secure. He later founded and leads the fintech lender Affirm, a pioneer of 'buy now, pay later' consumer credit.

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Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal (led its anti-fraud engineering) and founder/CEO of the fintech lender Affirm.

1975

Source: Wikipedia (Max Levchin)