Steve Streit

Entrepreneur Steve Streit is likely best known as the inventor of the prepaid debit card industry and the founder and long-time CEO of Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), and later, the founder of Green Dot Bank. From a company born at a table in his bedroom to the New York Stock Exchange, Mr. Streit's persistence and drive for innovation have given him a reputation as a successful, forward-thinking entrepreneur and operating executive.

Over his years at Green Dot, Mr. Streit was both a regional and national winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, was named one of the ten most innovative CEOs in banking by Bank Innovation, received numerous fintech and prepaid industry awards, was honored with several humanitarian awards from organizations including the LAPD Police Activities League (PAL) and the CoachArt Foundation, and served for four years as a board member of the Los Angeles branch of the United States Federal Reserve System.

By the time of his retirement from Green Dot at the end of 2019, his twentieth year as CEO, the company had over 1,000 employees at sites in the United States and China, more than 50 million customers using its products and services, and annual revenue in excess of $1 billion.

Steve is also an Emmy-nominated executive producer with two documentaries, Out of Omaha and Wrestle. Wrestle is a coming-of-age film that follows four wrestling teammates at a disadvantaged Alabama high school. Out of Omaha explores systemic injustice, following twin African American brothers growing up in Omaha, Nebraska.

Today, Steve resides in Florida and is active as both an investor and a philanthropist.