Steven W. Streit

Steven W. Streit is founder and chief executive officer of Pasadena-based Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) and founder and chairman of its wholly owned subsidiary bank, Green Dot Bank. Green Dot, founded in 1999, is a technology-focused bank holding company with a mission to reinvent banking for the masses. Streit has led Green Dot to become both the largest provider of reloadable prepaid debit cards and cash reload processing services in the U.S. and a leader in mobile banking and financial technology. He has been recognized for numerous industry awards over the years, including being a two-time winner of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, and was recently appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to serve on its Los Angeles Branch board of directors. Streit is also a philanthropist, focusing his efforts on single mothers with young children through the family charity named after his mother, Patti’s Way. In addition to his business success, has been recognized as a humanitarian and philanthropist through many awards and honors over the years.