# Max Levchin

id: ent_max-levchin  
wikidata: Q93014  
kind: person  
timeline: /timelines/max-levchin.md  
page: /record/max-levchin  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/max-levchin (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

Max Levchin is an American businessman. On the record, Max Levchin is a founder of Affirm and of PayPal.

## Key facts

- Founder: Affirm · claim: /claim/clm_3DF8B40D2C5A.md
- Founder: PayPal · claim: /claim/clm_C91A3B8607B2.md

## Questions

**What roles does Max Levchin hold?** Founder of Affirm and Founder of PayPal, as the AsOf record states with its sources.

**What is Max Levchin's role at Affirm?** Founder.

**What is Max Levchin's role at PayPal?** Founder.

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [Max Levchin](/record/max-levchin.md) | founder_of | [Affirm](/record/affirm.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_4E9B06AEA9B7](/claim/clm_4E9B06AEA9B7.md)
  sources: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/board-of-directors/max-levchin, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/technology/affirm-raises-100-million-bucking-the-down-round-trend.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65085822
- [Max Levchin](/record/max-levchin.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_88C98FDA91EB](/claim/clm_88C98FDA91EB.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Max Levchin](/record/max-levchin.md) | founder_of | [Affirm](/record/affirm.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_4E9B06AEA9B7](/claim/clm_4E9B06AEA9B7.md)
  sources: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/board-of-directors/max-levchin, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/technology/affirm-raises-100-million-bucking-the-down-round-trend.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65085822
- [Max Levchin](/record/max-levchin.md) | founder_of | [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_88C98FDA91EB](/claim/clm_88C98FDA91EB.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://www.alexanderjarvis.com/memo-paypals-original-business-plan/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

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