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Join Eric Savitz, associate editor for technology at Barron’s for a conversation with Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin on the changing nature of consumer finance - and why there are better ways to fund purchases than old-school credit cards.

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Eric J. Savitz
Associate Editor for Technology, Barron's
Eric J. Savitz is associate editor for technology at Barron's. He has worked for Barron's twice before, returning in 2019 after a nine-year absence. He has also worked for Forbes, The Industry Standard, Smart Money, Brunswick Group and Roku.
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Max Levchin
Chairman and CEO, Affirm
Max Levchin has served as Affirm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since he founded the company in 2012 with the mission to build honest financial products that improve lives. Levchin started by reinventing the broken credit system—a problem he experienced firsthand early in his adult life. Since then Affirm has helped millions of consumers pay over time, while driving growth for thousands of merchants.

Prior to Affirm, Levchin founded several companies, including Slide, a personal media-sharing service acquired by Google in 2010. He was also a co-founder of PayPal and served as its Chief Technology Officer until its sale to eBay in 2003. Throughout his career, Levchin has served on several boards such as Yahoo!, Yelp and Evernote. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine, emigrated to Chicago in 1991, and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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