Max Levchin
Chief Executive Officer at AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC.
Net worth: 1 014 M $ as of 2024-03-30
Profile
Founder of 10 different companies, which include: Affirm Holdings, Inc., PayPal, Inc. and Slide, Inc. Max R. Levchin is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies and currently holds the position of Executive Chairman for Upward Labs Holdings, Inc. (which he founded in 2013), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Affirm Holdings, Inc. (which he founded in 2012), Chief Executive Officer for HVF LLC (which he founded in 2011), Chief Executive Officer at Affirm, Inc. (which he founded in 2012), Investment Partner at Nyca Partners LLC and Partner at SciFi VC (which he founded in 2010). Mr. Levchin is also on the board of San Francisco Symphony and Mixpanel, Inc. In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman at Yelp, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of Netmeridian Software Co. (he founded the company in 1998), Director & Chief Technology Officer at Confinity, Inc. (he founded the company in 2000), Chairman for Kaggle, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at Slide, Inc. (he founded the company in 2010), Director & Chief Technology Officer at PayPal, Inc. (he founded the company in 1998) and Vice President-Engineering of Google LLC. Mr. Levchin received an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC.
43.64% | 2023-09-29 | 26,485,472 ( 43.64% ) | 987 M $ | 2024-03-30 |
| 2023-09-29 | 735,294 ( 0.28% ) | 27 M $ | 2024-03-30 |
Max Levchin active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC. | Chief Executive Officer | 2012-06-30 |
Upward Labs Holdings, Inc.
 Upward Labs Holdings, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Upward Labs Holdings, Inc. provides solutions to healthcare problems. It offers information about their diet and weight and also on the science of womanhood. The company was founded by Ryan Ye, Max R. Levchin, Kevin Ho, Mike Huang and Christopher Martinez in May 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Founder | 2013-04-30 |
SignalFire Management Services LLC
 SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
SciFi VC
 SciFi VC Investment ManagersFinance SciFi VC (SciFi) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Max R. Levchin. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-12-31 |
Mixpanel, Inc.
 Mixpanel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Mixpanel, Inc. provides web analytics and analysis services. The firm helps companies to understand how users interact with web applications. Mixpanel was founded in June 2009 by Tim Trefren and Suhail Doshi and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2016-10-18 |
Affirm, Inc.
 Affirm, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Founder | 2011-12-31 |
HVF LLC
 HVF LLC Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services HVF LLC provides data management solutions. It specializes in sensors of every imaginable type, near-ubiquitous wireless broadband, advances in distributed computing and storage data. The company was founded by Max Levchin in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2011-12-31 |
San Francisco Symphony
 San Francisco Symphony Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Max Levchin
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Training of Max Levchin
| University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| YELP INC. | Technology Services |
| AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC. | Finance |
| Private companies | 18 |
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Yahoo!, Inc.
 Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
PayPal, Inc.
 PayPal, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Finance |
Google LLC
 Google LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Kaggle, Inc.
 Kaggle, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Kaggle, Inc. provides a platform for data prediction competitions. It offers a product that helps companies, governments, and organizations to turn data sets into information. The company was founded by Anthony Goldbloom, Jeremy Howard, Nicholas Gruen, and Ben Hamner in April 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Confinity, Inc.
 Confinity, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Confinity, Inc. provides person-to-person payment services on the internet. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin. | Commercial Services |
Evernote Corp.
 Evernote Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Evernote Corp. develops applications for notes management. It offers mobile productivity apps, iPhone productivity apps, note taking apps, and personal task management apps. The company was founded by Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov, Phil Libin and David Engberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consumer Services |
Slide, Inc.
 Slide, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Slide, Inc. offers online personal media network. The company was founded by Max Levchin in 2005 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Unity Technologies SF
 Unity Technologies SF Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Unity Technologies SF engages in design and development of a platform for three-dimensional (3D), virtual reality, and augmented reality games and applications. It offers solutions for different industries including games, film, animation, cinematic, automotive, gambling, architecture, engineering, and construction. The company was founded by Nicholas Peter Francis, David Helgason, and Joachim Ante in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Mixpanel, Inc.
Mixpanel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Mixpanel, Inc. provides web analytics and analysis services. The firm helps companies to understand how users interact with web applications. Mixpanel was founded in June 2009 by Tim Trefren and Suhail Doshi and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Quid, Inc.
 Quid, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Quid, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company, which engages in the development of data and information capturing software. Its solutions include agencies, enterprise, consulting, and healthcare. The company was founded by Robert Goodson, Sean William Joseph Gourley, and Charles Cholsoo Lho in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Government |
HVF LLC
HVF LLC Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services HVF LLC provides data management solutions. It specializes in sensors of every imaginable type, near-ubiquitous wireless broadband, advances in distributed computing and storage data. The company was founded by Max Levchin in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Services |
Upward Labs Holdings, Inc.
Upward Labs Holdings, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Upward Labs Holdings, Inc. provides solutions to healthcare problems. It offers information about their diet and weight and also on the science of womanhood. The company was founded by Ryan Ye, Max R. Levchin, Kevin Ho, Mike Huang and Christopher Martinez in May 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Services |
Netmeridian Software Co.
 Netmeridian Software Co. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Netmeridian Software Co. develops internet applications. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin. | Technology Services |
SignalFire Management Services LLC
SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Affirm, Inc.
Affirm, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
SciFi VC
SciFi VC Investment ManagersFinance SciFi VC (SciFi) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Max R. Levchin. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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