# Max Levchin

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/investors/max-levchin
**Profile type:** Investor

## About

Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur and angel investor. He co-founded PayPal and led its anti-fraud efforts. After PayPal was acquired by eBay, he founded Slide and later Affirm. As an angel investor, he focuses on seed stage consumer internet, payments, security, and complex infrastructure companies.

## Key facts

- **Slug:** max-levchin
- **Website:** http://levchin.com/
- **Location:** San Francisco, California
- **Investor type:** Angel
- **Social:**
  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxlevchin

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