Tim Chen - Founder and CEO @ NerdWallet - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder and CEO
Primary Organization
NerdWallet

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Tim Chen is the founder and CEO of NerdWallet. A former hedge fund equity analyst specializing in payment processing companies, credit card networks, and technology companies, Tim also worked as an equity research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in economics. In addition to writing for

NerdWallet, Tim regularly contributes to several major personal finance publications.

Personal Investments

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Tim Chen

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investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Sock Finance

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Sock Finance

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Sock Finance	—	Seed Round - Sock Finance	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Resourcely	—	Seed Round - Resourcely	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	MoneyHash	—	Pre Seed Round - MoneyHash	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sleeper	—	Series C - Sleeper	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sleeper	—	Seed Round - Sleeper	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Numadic	—	Seed Round - Numadic	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	The Hustle	—	Seed Round - The Hustle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SimplyInsured	—	Seed Round - SimplyInsured	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Do	No	Seed Round - Do	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SimplyInsured	—	Seed Round - SimplyInsured	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Abbey Labs	Essence VC	—	Seed Round - Abbey Labs	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exit -

The Hustle

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The Hustle

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The Hustle The Hustle is helping young professionals make better decisions throughout their day starting with business news.
Do Do offers a platform that works as one place for all the notes, presentations, docs, and all other collateral to live together.

Jobs

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Tim Chen

is the

Founder and CEO

NerdWallet

. Additionally,

Tim Chen

has had

past jobs including

Analyst

Perry Capital

NerdWallet Founder and CEOJan 2009

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Perry Capital	Analyst	2006	2008
Credit Suisse First Boston	Equity Research Associate	2004	2006

Board and Advisor Roles

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Tim Chen

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Board Member

NerdWallet

NerdWallet Board Member

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United States Financial Services Public Companies	28,806
Consumer Public Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	60,802
San Francisco Financial Services Companies	25,847
West Coast Public Companies With More Than $500 in Revenue	13,872
Consumer Companies With More Than 100 Employees	31,151
San Francisco Bay Area Public Companies With More Than 50 Employees	10,988
Western US Public Companies With More Than $100M in Revenue	5,585
West Coast Public Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	9,334
California Companies With More Than $500 in Revenue	14,274
Consumer Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	78,378