Credit Karma, an online consumer finance platform helping more than 35 million members, is pleased to announce that its CEO and Founder Kenneth Lin has been named EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the Services category in Northern California. The EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, now in their 29th year, are chosen by an independent panel of judges. The awards recognize outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Previous winners include Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner and eBay’s Pierre Omidyar.For Credit Karma, the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award caps an impressive run of recent accolades. The company was a gold medalist at the Edison Awards in April, was named one of the Best Places To Work by the San Francisco Business Times and won PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards in 2013 and 2014. Lin will now be eligible for consideration for EY’s National Entrepreneur of the Year award.
About Credit Karma
Credit Karma is working to re-engineer one of the largest industries in the world – consumer finance. Beginning with a free credit score and report, the bloodlines of personal finance, Credit Karma brings more transparency and certainty to credit and finance with free monitoring, data-driven resources and personalized recommendations.Credit Karma’s mission is to help consumers have a better future by simplifying decision-making and management of personal credit and finances. Available online and on mobile apps for iOS and Android, Credit Karma is empowering more than 35 million consumers. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Credit Karma has raised $193.5 million in financing to date, including a $75-million follow-on in September 2014 led by Google Capital, Tiger Global and Susquehanna Growth Equity.
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