Max Levchin

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.’”

Affirm CEO and PayPal co-founder Max Levchin joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's latest forecast, inflation, its partnership with Amazon and more. "We have not just no real headwinds but ample tailwinds," Levchin tells CNBC. "We're doing really well."

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 10, 2022 5:00 PM ET. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Affirm Holdings Fiscal Year 2022 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. Following the speakers’ remarks, we will open the line for your questions. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded and a replay of the call will be available on your Investor Relations website for a reasonable period of time after the call.

Max Levchin, the PayPal co-founder who now runs buy-now-pay-later pioneer Affirm, says he doesn't understand the stock market's ups and downs. But he isn't sweating it. What he's saying: "In terms of operating as a public company, I heard lots of CEOs tell me everything changes or everything's very different," Levchin told Axios' Ryan Lawler during the Axios Pro kickoff event on Thursday. "I think we're one of the exceptions, in the sense that we were already a very regulated entity, we were already auditing ourselves."