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As Ukrainian-Born Max Levchin Donates To Refugees, He Keeps Affirm On Course Despite An 84% Drop In Its Stock
Max Levchin grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, while it was still part of the Soviet Union. In 1991, when he was 16 years old, he and his family fled to America to escape anti-Semitism. “The scariest thing we had to endure was at the border. The Soviet guard barked at us and said that we would never be allowed to come back … He said, ‘The door will be closed to you forever.’”