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Tony Aguilar is a serial fintech entrepreneur and an active voice in the Latinos in tech movement. As a first generation high school graduate from a small Texas town, Aguilar carried more than $100k in student debt after college. His personal experience is the driving force behind his pioneering work in the student loan space. His mission is to build modern financial products for a generation straddled with student debt.
Currently he is CEO and founder of Chipper, a platform that is transforming the way student loan borrowers analyze, manage, and pay back their student debt. Aguilar was also founder and CEO of Student Loan Genius (now Vault), where he developed the first student loan benefit, allowing companies to contribute to employees’ student debt. In just a few short years more than 7% of companies in the country now offer a student loan benefit. While in office, President Obama invited him to the White House to share his story and the impact his work on the student loan epidemic.
In addition to leading and growing his own companies, Aguilar is a startup mentor and an active voice in the tech community, especially on matters involving latinos in tech and the VC funding gap for minorities and women. He has been featured in the Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Bloomberg, and on CNN as a thought leader on student loans, fintech, entrepreneurship. 
