Brian Barnes is the founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a personal finance platform that combines the best of digital investing and banking into one easy to use application. He started the company in 2015 after being personally frustrated by the lack of tools that make investing and money management easy. M1 has grown to over 350 employees, raised over $325M, and manages more than $6B on behalf of half a million customers. Brian received a BA in Economics from Stanford University.