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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Personal Finance space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andrew Benson
Co-Founder and COO of River Financial
Andrew Benson is the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer at River Financial.
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About River Financial: River Financial is a Bitcoin financial institution allowing long-term investors to buy, sell, and manage Bitcoin.
Keith Armstrong
Co-Founder & COO of Abe AI
Keith is the COO of Abe.ai, a bot for your money. Previously he worked as a microfinance consultant in South Africa and helped grow startup ecosystems around the world with Startup Weekend. He’s passionate about helping everyday people be better with money.
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About Abe AI: Abe builds conversational banking solutions for progressive banks.
David Kang
Co-Founder & COO of Keeper Tax
David Kang is the Co-Founder and COO at Keeper Tax.
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About Keeper Tax: Discover the tax write-offs you’ve been missing
Mohamed Afifi
Co-Founder & COO of HiFi Bridge
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About HiFi Bridge: HiFi Bridge is an embedded payments software that powers commerce by enabling merchants and users to transact with digital assets.
Quinten Farmer
COO of Even.com
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About Even.com: Even is the leading responsible on-demand pay platform helping companies reimagine the way they pay so people can live the lives they want.
Chris Kline
COO and Co-Founder of Bitcoin IRA
A Denver, Colorado native, Chris Kline joined Fortress Gold Group as a partner and Director of Operations in 2012. Chris drove the operations strategy and execution that lead to the company becoming an Inc 500 leading provider in gold and silver for IRAs. Following his success in precious metals, he was challenged to develop a way for individuals to directly invest in Bitcoin for retirement. Together with Camilo Concha and Johannes Haze, Kline co-founded Bitcoin IRA, and Kline then developed the process and exclusive partnerships to create a full-service, turnkey solution allowing investors to capitalize on the rapidly growing digital currency marketspace for their retirement portfolio while maintaining full IRS compliance. Kline holds a degree in International Finance and Leadership from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a contributing writer at Forbes Finance Council and FX Empire, among other publications.
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About Bitcoin IRA: The world’s largest cryptocurrency IRA platform that allows customers to purchase Bitcoin and other crypto for their retirement accounts
Yifeng Ouyang
Co-Founder & COO of Boro
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About Boro: The past life of Kora (www.koramoney.com)
Patrick Aber
Co-founder, COO of Tornado
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About Tornado: Tornado is an investing app that advances financial wellness through community, insights & data for investors at all stages.
Korash Hernandez
Co-Founder & COO of Status Money
Korash is the co-founder and COO of Status Money and has more than 15 years of experience in the Banking and Telecom industries. Prior to co-founding Status, Korash spent six years at Citi and Goldman Sachs in New York. Most recently, he was an early employee at Goldman’s new consumer lending unit, Marcus. At Citi, Korash served as the Head of Analytics for Digital Credit Card Acquisitions where he was responsible for developing sophisticated online ad targeting capabilities. Previously, Korash led fraud and credit modeling at T-Mobile for 9 years. Korash holds a Masters degree in Statistics from Washington State University and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon.
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About Status Money: Status Money is a social personal finance app that enables people to compare finances and crowdsource advice from peers.
Anthony Del Porto
Chief Operating Officer of Questis
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About Questis: Questis is the complete personal finance solution that empowers everyone in the employee benefits ecosystem.
Stuart Lawder
COO, Co-Founder of SmartPath
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About SmartPath: SmartPath provides objective, trustworthy, and affordable advice to help everyday employees reach financial well-being.
Mark Bechhofer
Co-Founder and COO of Quiltt
Mark Bechhofer is the co-founder and COO of Budgit.
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About Quiltt: The Quiltt platform empowers anyone to launch modern consumer fintech experiences, no backend required.
Jose Bazbaz
COO of Vola
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About Vola: Vola utilizes users existing transaction data to help them get small advances, save and build their credit scores.
Joe Stanish
Co-founder & COO of Honeyfi
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About Honeyfi: Honeyfi is an app that helps couples handle their everyday finances and save for their biggest life goals together.
Telisa Yancy
Chief Operating Officer of American Family Insurance
Telisa Yancy is a Chief Operating Officer at American Family Insurance. She is also a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab.
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About American Family Insurance, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL): American Family Insurance has given its customers peace of mind by making their insurance experience easy and convenient.
Brad Schildt
COO of EARNEDCARD
Brad Schildt is the COO of EARNED. Brad co-founded BioPay with Tim Robinson, directed BioPay’s strategic planning and operations until the time of the sale to Pay By Touch, and then worked on integrating BioPay and Pay By Touch’s operations. Prior to BioPay, he launched CheckAGAIN with Tim Robinson and managed its development and operations. Prior to CheckAGAIN, Brad was instrumental in the start-up ACS Merchant Services, where he created and managed the customer service, technical support, and POS Debit departments of the credit card acquiring business. He also held various management roles at The Bank of Boulder in risk management, product development and customer service. Brad was a former member of NACHA’s Electronic Check Council and VISA and MasterCard’s debit product operations committees. Brad holds a B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College, and spent 4 years post college working nights in restaurants, while rock climbing, skiing and traveling. His spare time now is spent training for and racing in triathlons.
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About EARNEDCARD, Entrepreneurship for All: EARNEDCARD provides access to workers’ unpaid wages, before every payday, with its hybrid credit/debit card.
Gavan Gooch
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Vest Technologies
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About Vest Technologies: An intelligent ecosystem of capital, technology, and ideas that works for the everyday person.
Michael Packman
COO & Founder of Bundlefi
Founder of Bundlefi.
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About Bundlefi: It Pays To Keep Your Money Close To Home
Michael Packman
COO & Founder of Bundlefi
Founder of Bundlefi.
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About Bundlefi: It Pays To Keep Your Money Close To Home
Michael Salichs
Co-Founder, President & COO of MortgageHippo
Michael Salichs is President & COO at MortgageHippo.
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About MortgageHippo: MortgageHippo is a B2B fintech company delivering white-labeled web and mobile-ready digital platforms to banks and mortgage lenders.
Peter Zdanowicz
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Compliance Officer of Goldbean
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About Goldbean: GoldBean is offering investment advice for beginners.
Michael Frank
COO of Invessence, Inc.
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About Invessence, Inc.: Digital Wealth Management Technology for Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers and Advisors
Allie Fleder
Co-founder, COO and Head of Business Development of Simplywise
Allie Fleder is the Co-founder, COO and Head of Business Development at SimplyWise.
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About Simplywise: The Smart Filing Cabinet that keeps you on track.