American entrepreneur and co-founder/CEO of Plaid, the financial data infrastructure company that connects fintech apps to bank accounts — which Visa agreed to acquire for $5.3B in 2020 before the Department of Justice blocked the deal.
Built Plaid as the API layer that connects fintech applications (Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase) to bank accounts — creating the plumbing for the modern fintech ecosystem — and navigated the DOJ blocking of Visa's acquisition to rebuild as an independent company.
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