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Social Finance CEO and Co-Founder Tracy Palandjian has been named to the 2026 Forbes 50 Over 50 list.
In an interview with Forbes, Tracy shares the idea that prompted our founding fifteen years ago: that the tools of finance can deliver measurable change in people’s lives and expand economic opportunity.
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