Founder Profile
Nathan Gettings
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Nathan Gettings?
Nathan Gettings is a founder of Affirm Holdings, Inc., which was founded in 2012 with Max Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz and Alex Rampell. Nathan Gettings is a founder of Palantir Technologies Inc., which was founded in 2003 with Peter Thiel, Alexander Karp, Joe Lonsdale and Stephen Cohen.
- Companies founded
- Affirm Holdings, Inc. and Palantir Technologies Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- Max Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz and Alex Rampell
Background
Before Palantir, Nathan Gettings worked as an engineer on PayPal's fraud and risk systems.
Founding Story
Nathan Gettings was part of Palantir's 2003 founding team and contributed engineering experience from PayPal's anti-fraud work to the company's early data-integration technology. He later left Palantir and co-founded the fintech company Addepar with Joe Lonsdale.
Nathan Dale Gettings served as Palantir's chief technology officer. He later co-founded RoboteX, where he was chief executive, and Affirm, where he was chief risk officer. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).