PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 6, 2013--
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) today announced the appointment of
Sam Altman, Executive Vice President of Mobile Products and Strategy for
Green Dot, to its Board of Directors, effective March 4, 2013. Mr.
Altman will serve as a Class I director. The Green Dot Corporation board
of directors is now comprised of eight members.
Chairman Steve Streit stated: "Sam brings to our board not only an
important connection to Silicon Valley, but also a valuable perspective
on our Company's products and technology. Sam will also continue as an
executive of the Company in his current role as EVP/Mobile Products and
Strategy. All of us on the Green Dot board welcome his future
contributions."
Sam Altman joined Green Dot in March 2012 upon the Company’s acquisition
of Loopt, Inc., a pioneer in mobile user interface design, real-time
location-based mobile rewards marketing, and geo-location application
technology that Sam co-founded in 2005. Mr. Altman was featured in Inc.
Magazine’s Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and BusinessWeek’s Tech’s Best
Entrepreneurs. Additionally, he is a part-time partner at Y Combinator,
and advises a number of Silicon Valley startups.
About Green Dot Corporation
Green Dot Corporation is a Bank Holding Company with a mission to
reinvent personal banking for the masses. Its market leading brand of
prepaid debit cards and prepaid reload services are available to
consumers at more than 60,000 retail locations nationwide and online at
greendot.com. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, California with
technology offices in Mountain View, California and Westlake Village,
California and its bank subsidiary, Green Dot Bank, located in Provo,
Utah.
Source: Green Dot Corporation
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