Andrew Benson is a serial founder and fintech entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building consumer and institutional financial platforms from San Francisco. He founded Hill.com to simplify access to pre-IPO investing and co-founded River (River Financial), demonstrating repeated ability to launch regulated, product-led fintech businesses. His roles have spanned CEO and operator-to-chair transitions, running both retail and institutional arms (Gondola) while maintaining hands-on leadership in product and growth. With a BSBA in Information Systems and graduate studies in International Security at Stanford, he blends technical systems thinking with strategic risk awareness—an unusual mix that informs his work in regulated markets.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSBA Information Systems, BSBA Information Systems at The Ohio State University
Graduate Studies International Security, Graduate Studies International Security at Stanford University
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