Jimmy Chen
Jimmy Chen
Founder & CEO, Propel
Jimmy Chen is the founder and CEO of Propel, creators of the award-winning Providers app, used by over 5 million low-income households to manage their government benefits and money. Providers is among the most widely used apps built specifically for the needs of low-income Americans. Its users have saved tens of millions of dollars on regular bills and bank fees, applied for over a million jobs, and received hundreds of millions of dollars in cash grants. Providers has over 500,000 five-star reviews and has been recognized by the White House. In addition to his work at Propel, Jimmy serves on the Board of Directors of Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger nonprofit. He also serves as the Vice Chair of Technology for the EBT Community Council, an industry trade group focused on government payments. Jimmy holds a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where he was an inaugural winner of the President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good.
Jimmy Chen is the founder and CEO of Propel, creators of the award-winning Providers app, used by over 5 million low-income households to manage their government benefits and money. Providers is among the most widely used apps built specifically for the needs of low-income Americans. Its users have saved tens of millions of dollars on regular bills and bank fees, applied for over a million jobs, and received hundreds of millions of dollars in cash grants. Providers has over 500,000 five-star reviews and has been recognized by the White House. In addition to his work at Propel, Jimmy serves on the Board of Directors of Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger nonprofit. He also serves as the Vice Chair of Technology for the EBT Community Council, an industry trade group focused on government payments. Jimmy holds a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where he was an inaugural winner of the President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good.
