NerdWallet

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NerdWallet, Inc.
Nerdwallet Horizontal Logo.svg
Type of business Public company
Traded as
FoundedAugust 2009;14 years ago (2009-08)
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Created by
  • Tim Chen
  • Jacob Gibson
Key peopleTim Chen (CEO)
Industry Personal finance, fintech
Revenue Increase2.svg US$ 539 million (2022)
Operating income Increase2.svg −US$19 million (2022)
Net income Increase2.svg −US$10 million (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svg US$426 million (2022)
Total equity Increase2.svg US$342 million (2022)
Employees770 (2022)
URL nerdwallet.com
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NerdWallet is an American personal finance company, founded in 2009 by Tim Chen and Jacob Gibson. It has a website and app that earns money by promoting financial products to its users.

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History

NerdWallet was founded in August 2009 by Tim Chen and Jacob Gibson, with an initial capital investment of $800. [2] [3] Its first product was a web application that provided comparative information about credit cards. [4] Subsequently, it generated large quantities of content to help boost its search engine results. [5] [6] Website traffic grew quickly in 2010 [7] and, by March 2014, the website had up to 30 million users. [4] The following year, it raised $64 million in its first round of funding, at an estimated valuation of $500 million. [2] [4] [8]

In 2016, the company acquired the retirement planning firm AboutLife, and was valued at $520 million. [7] [9] [10]

In August 2020, the company expanded its footprint into the UK by acquiring Know Your Money, a Norwich-based startup that provides a similar range of comparison and information tools geared at people who live in the UK [11] In November 2020, NerdWallet acquired small business loan marketplace, Fundera. [12] In 2021, NerdWallet partnered with Inclusiv, a nonprofit network of community development credit unions, and committed to move millions of dollars to local credit unions to advance financial equity. [13] In November 2021, the company went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange. [14]

In July 2022, NerdWallet acquired On the Barrelhead, a consumer debt robo-advisor platform, for $120 million. [15] [16]

In May 2023, Yahoo! Finance reported that NerdWallet's platform had an average of 23 million monthly users. [17]

Products and services

The company's goal is to provide information that educates users in making financial decisions. [18] NerdWallet's website and app feature comparison tools for financial products such as credit cards, checking accounts, and mortgages, [18] as well as loan, net-worth, and credit-score calculators. [19] NerdWallet staff also produce articles about financial topics such as investing, retirement planning, and taxes. [5] [20]

By May 2015, the company developed business relationships with eight banks and a dozen insurance companies. [18] In exchange for new customers, affiliated banks pay NerdWallet a success fee. [4] Co-founder Chen reported that the company became profitable by virtue of the fees it earned through matching users with financial products and services. [8]

In October 2020, NerdWallet acquired Fundera, a company that provides loans to small and medium-sized businesses. [21] Fundera operates as a subsidiary of NerdWallet. [22] In 2022, NerdWallet acquired On the Barrelhead, a fintech company that generates loan and credit recommendations for individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. Upon acquisition, NerdWallet began to integrate On the Barrelhead's technology into its own products. [23]

Administration

Tim Chen is the CEO and co-founder of NerdWallet. [10] [24] Company leadership also includes Lauren StClair (CFO), [25] Kevin Yuann (CBO), [26] and Lynee Luque (CPO). [27] As of January 2023, the company had 770 employees. [1]

Following the dismissal of 11 employees in December 2013, NerdWallet reorganized its leadership structure. Former LinkedIn VP Dan Yoo was hired as its COO in March 2014. Yoo created a complex internal reporting system that necessitated more frequent communication among previously atomized department heads. [10] [28] By 2015, NerdWallet had 200 employees and added Vikram Pandit and James D. Robinson III to its board of advisors. [29] [30] In April 2017, the company underwent further reorganization, laying off over 40 employees, including its VP of growth. As part of this move, the company announced Yoo would transition from full-time employment into an advisory role. [31]

In 2020, NerdWallet added Lynne Laube and Jennifer Ceran to its board of directors. [32]

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