Brian Barnes is the CEO and founder of M1 Finance, a fintech company based in Chicago that combines the best of digital investing and digital banking into one easy to use application. He started the company in 2015 and has grown the organization to over 275 employees, raised over $300M in venture financing, and scaled the platform to manage more than $5B on behalf of half a million customers. M1 is one of the highest rated and fastest growing consumer finance apps in the US.