RICHARD ABERMAN

Born in New York, raised in Florida, university in Boston, law school dropout in New York.

Founded WePay in 2008, joined YC in S'09, and spent better part of the next decade building the company.

We raised $75M in VC, grew to 300 employees, and achieved profitability before being acquired in 2017 by JP Morgan Chase, where I worked until July 2021.

Four batches at YC as a visiting group partner (W22-S23).