Founder of Wealthsimple, Inc., Wealthsimple US Ltd. and Wealthsimple Financial Corp., Michael Katchen holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Wealthsimple, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Wealthsimple Financial Corp. Mr. Katchen is also on the board of Intact Financial Corp., Koho Financial, Inc. and Wealthsimple Technologies, Inc.

In the past he held the position of Principal at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Chief Executive Officer for Wealthsimple US Ltd. and Director-Business Development of 1000Memories, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario.