Peer-to-Peer Lending: Founder & CEO of Lending Club, Renaud Laplanche

PLEASE NOTE: RENAUD WILL BEGIN SPEAKING PROMPTLY AT 5:30pm. Networking and cinco de mayo themed hors d'oeuvres will be offered from 5:00pm. All attendees must be registered on Eventbrite at http://bit.ly/1NQ5wRP [http://bit.ly/1NQ5wRP] How do you cut banks out of the lending equation and deliver lower rates for borrowers and higher returns for investors? Hear firsthand from the founder & CEO of Lending Club how they have helped originate $11.1 billion in loans. As Founder and CEO, Renaud is responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction and operation of Lending Club, which he grew from a disruptive idea in 2006 to the world’s largest online credit marketplace today. He also serves as Chairman of Lending Club’s Board of Directors. Before founding Lending Club, Renaud was the Founder & CEO of TripleHop Technologies, an enterprise software company acquired by Oracle Corporation in June 2005. Prior to that, Renaud was a Senior Associate at New York law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Renaud was recognized on Bloomberg Markets’ 2015 Most Influential List, an annual list that acknowledges 50 of the top leaders across technology, finance and politics around the globe. In 2014 he won the Economist Innovation Award in the consumer products category. He was ranked one of the top SMB CEOs by the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards in 2015 and was named the "best start-up CEO to work for" by Business Insider in 2014. Renaud holds two world speed sailing records, including the Transpacific record. Renaud has an MBA from HEC and London Business School and a JD from Montpellier University. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia Business School and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. __________________________ This event is being photographed and/or video recorded for archival, educational, and related promotional purposes. We also video stream many of these video recordings through the USF web site. By attending or participating in this event, you grant USF the full unrestricted rights to your photograph, voice and likeness in any manner or media whatsoever worldwide for educational marketing purposes.