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Aaron Patzer
American businessman (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aaron Patzer (born November 20, 1980) is an Internet entrepreneur.[5] He is the founder of Mint.com, a financial management tool which was acquired by Intuit in 2009.[6] He was later founder and CEO of Fountain.com, which was sold to Porch.com in 2015.[7] He later founded Vital, a health app, becoming CEO.[8]
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Early life and education
Born in 1980[5] in Madison, Wisconsin, Patzer graduated from Central High School in Evansville, Indiana. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 with a BSEE from Duke University.[9] His bachelor's degrees were in computer science, electrical engineering and computer engineering.[5] In 2004, he completed an MSEE from Princeton University[9] in electrical engineering.[5]
Career
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Patzer began his career in the Internet boom years of 1998–2000, working for Getawebsite.com and Miadora.com (an online jewelry store).[citation needed] Before founding Mint, he was a technical lead and architect for the San Jose division of Nascentric. Previous to that, he worked for IBM and founded PWeb and International, both two web development companies.[10][4] Patzer helped build the cell microprocessor in the PlayStation 3.[11]
Mint.com
After a number of engineering positions and Internet startups, Patzer founded Mint.com in March 2006,[4] becoming CEO.[4] According to Patzer, the inspiration for Mint.com came to him in late 2005 after being frustrated with how difficult it was to use Intuit's Quicken product.[12][13]
Patzer developed the full alpha version of Mint.com (in Java J2EE and MySQL) in 2006 before he met Josh Kopelman (founder of half.com) and Rob Hayes at a STIRR dinner in the fall of 2006.[14] The meeting led to funding, and Patzer launched Mint.com at the TechCrunch40 conference a year later, in September 2007, winning the $50,000 first prize.[15] In September 2008, Patzer was listed in Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30.[16][failed verification]
On September 14, 2009, Intuit announced that it would buy Mint.com for US$170 million.[17] According to TechCrunch, Patzer was criticized in the startup industry for selling the company for too little.[18] At the time of the announced sale, Mint.com had an estimated 1.5 million users.[6] Mint had over 10 million users as of mid-2012.[19]
Intuit
After the sale of Mint, Patzer joined Intuit as VP Product Innovation[20] and was "tasked with improving Quicken."[21] In 2011 he was working on a new personal transportation system,[20] splitting his time between the new venture and his position at Intuit.[22] In 2011, TechCrunch reported that Patzer's next project would be called "Swift" and was exploring the "feasibility of building a personal maglev vehicle transit system."[20] He left Intuit in December 2012 in order to be able to focus on his new ventures.[22]
Leonardo and Fountain.com
Patzer founded Leonardo Software Inc. in September 2013.[23]
In 2013, Patzer launched Fountain.com along with Jean Sini, CTO. The software aims to connect users to any expert on mostly any topic for free via smartphones.[24] In early 2015, the software focused solely on home and garden issues.[25] Fountain.com was sold to Porch.com in October 2015. While Sini became the leader of Porch's San Francisco office, Patzer stepped down as CEO and became a Porch product adviser, relocating oversees for personal reasons.[7]
Vital Software
In January 2017,[10] Patzer relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, to start Vital Software Ltd.[26] Vital is said to "bring that consumer-focused mindset to emergency rooms and hospitals to help them organize patient flow."[27] In 2019, Vital raised $5.2 million in funding, launching on April 24, with Patzer as CEO.[8]
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Personal life
In 2015 Patzer had a residence in San Francisco.[25] He had a house in New Zealand as of 2018,[5] where he had also purchased a farm.[5]
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