Affirm and Max Levchin

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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How does the fintech company Affirm work? And what's the story behind its founder, Max Levchin? From Chernobyl to Peloton, our story takes some pretty crazy twists and turns.

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