![Max Levchin](/_next/image?url=%2Fdata%2FprofileImgs%2Fmax-levchin.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Max Levchin
Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American software engineer, and CEO and co-founder of Affirm. In 1998, after graduating from college, he co-founded the company that eventually became PayPal.
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