Chris Gardner

Partner at Underscore VC

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Biography

Chris Gardner is a Partner at Underscore VC and a fintech entrepreneur. He co-founded Paydiant (acquired by PayPal in 2015) and led PayPal’s payments products. Earlier he was CMO at ExtendMedia (acquired by Cisco) and SVP at m-Qube (acquired by Verisign). He has a B.A. from UMass Amherst.

Education

• B.A., Communications, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Previous Experience

• Co-founder, Paydiant (acquired by PayPal in 2015)
• Executive, PayPal (P2P and mobile payments)
• CMO, ExtendMedia (acquired by Cisco)
• SVP, m-Qube (acquired by Verisign)
• VP, edocs (acquired by Siebel Systems)

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