Founder Profile
Dan Macklin
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Dan Macklin?
Dan Macklin is a founder of SoFi Technologies, Inc., which was founded in 2011 with Mike Cagney, James Finnigan and Ian Brady.
- Company founded
- SoFi Technologies, Inc.
- Founded
- 2011
- Co-founders
- Mike Cagney, James Finnigan and Ian Brady
Background
Former Standard Chartered Bank executive with deep experience in Asian markets.
Founding Story
Dan Macklin co-founded SoFi in 2011 alongside three other Stanford GSB students. Recognizing the incredibly high default risk assigned to highly employable Ivy League graduates, he helped design the initial peer-to-peer lending model that alumni used to fund current students. He departed the company in 2017 to pursue other fintech ventures. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- SoFi FY2025 Form 10-K (SoFi Technologies, Inc.)
- SoFi Q1 2026 Form 10-Q (SoFi Technologies, Inc.)