Public-source profile
Max Levchin
Founder and CEO of Affirm; PayPal co-founder and former CTO
Max Levchin is the founder and CEO of Affirm and a co-founder and former CTO of PayPal. This profile is based on the official Affirm biography.
Public sources
- Affirm: Max Levchin biography · checked 15 September 2026
Essays and interviews
- Max Levchin: Three Companies, a Changing Job
Follow Max Levchin’s move from PayPal CTO to leading Slide and Affirm, and a brief reflection on uncomfortable decisions from his public interview.