Max Levchin came to the US at age 16 and
has founded over a dozen companies in his lifetime ranging from Slide, a personal media-sharing service, to Glow, a women s reproductive health tech company.
He is currently founder and CEO of fintech lending startup Affirm on its way to an IPO that could value the company at $9 billion.
Levchin owns 27.5 million shares worth just over $1 billion at the top end of the company s planned IPO price range.
Although Affirm s IPO will likely make Levchin into a billionaire, he has been one of Silicon Valley s most successful tech founders for decades. Here s a look at his life and storied career.