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About

Max Levchin is Affirm's Founder and has served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding the company in 2012. Affirm was spun out of 2012 MRL Investments LLC (formerly HVF, LLC), an exploration company he founded in 2011 to create and fund companies that leveraged large data sets in new ways. He also helped create Yelp and co-founded PayPal, where he served as Chief Technology Officer from its founding until its sale to eBay in 2003. He also serves on the board of The Coca-Cola Company.

Roles

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · Current role

2012–present

2012 MRL Investments LLC (f/k/a HVF, LLC)

Founder · Exploration company founded to create and fund companies leveraging large data sets

2011

PayPal

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer · From its founding until its sale to eBay in 2003

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Yelp Inc.

Co-creator

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PayPal

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer · Served as CTO from the company's founding until its sale to eBay.

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External Roles

The Coca-Cola Company

Director

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Glow

Co-founder & Chairman

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Fixed Compensation

FY 2025

Base Salary

$38,834

All Other Compensation

$499,473

DetailIncludes $491,973 for personal security services (which the Company considers a business expense) and a $7,500 401(k) employer profit-share contribution

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2025

Cash incentive

Annual Cash Incentive

Not disclosed

Target Opportunity

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NoteMr. Levchin does not participate in the cash incentive plan

Stock awards

Stock and Option Awards

Not disclosed

NoteNo new stock or option awards reported in the fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table; his multi-year Value Creation Award had no tranches earned in fiscal 2025