Max Levchin

Max Levchin, American businessman.

entrepreneur scientist

Max Levchin has been a guest on 6 podcasts across 10 episodes, most recently The a16z Show in September 2026. Each show is judged on its own.

Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)
20VC: Affirm Max Levchin on Why Grading Talent by Letter (A or B) is Total BS | How to Create a Culture of Post Mortems and Writing | Why You Should Only Study Failure Not Success & The Biggest Surprises Scaling to $18.7BN Market Cap · Feb 2025

20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt · Jul 2017

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Recode Decode: Max Levchin, Affirm CEO · Jan 2016

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How I Built This with Guy Raz
PayPal: Max Levchin (June 2022) · Mar 2025

Affirm: Max Levchin (Part 2 of 2) · Jun 2022

PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2) · Jun 2022

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The Tim Ferriss Show
#869: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism) · Jun 2026

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Odd Lots
Affirm's Max Levchin Breaks Down How Buy Now, Pay Later Really Works · Dec 2025

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The a16z Show
The $100B Niches Hiding Inside Payments · Sep 2026

a16z Podcast: Building Affirm, and Why Max Levchin Has Watched Seven Samurai 100-Plus Times · Feb 2016

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Others on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)

Others on Decoder with Nilay Patel

Others on How I Built This with Guy Raz

Others on The Tim Ferriss Show

Others on Odd Lots

Others on The a16z Show