Rank #1474
Hayes Barnard
Net worth $2.9B
Fintech · United States
- Born
- Feb 15, 1972
- Age
- 54
- Source
- Fintech
- Residence
- Austin, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Missouri
Net worth over time
Biography
- Hayes Barnard is cofounder and CEO of GoodLeap, which has helped finance more than $26 billion in loans to homeowners making climate-friendly home upgrades.
- GoodLeap runs a point-of-sale app that contractors use to get homeowner loans approved instantly for items like solar panels and water-saving turf.
- The firm was valued at $12 billion in a 2021 funding round that raised $800 million from investors including Michael Dell.
- A former Oracle exec, Barnard entered the mortgage lending business in 2003 and was an executive at SolarCity before it was bought by Tesla in 2016.
- In 2014, Barnard founded nonprofit GivePower, which develops clean water and energy systems in underserved communities across the world.