# Carlos Garcia

> Carlos Garcia is the founder and CEO of Finhabits, a bilingual money app built to close the wealth gap for U.S. Latinos. An MIT-trained engineer who spent nearly two decades on Wall Street, he turned the realization that he once had no idea what a 401(k) was into a platform that lets people start investing for as little as $5 a week. Finhabits has grown to more than 800,000 members and earned recognition from Goldman Sachs and Fast Company.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Finhabits
- **Organizations:** Finhabits, Madison Quant Labs, Fundspire, Galileo Investment Management, Merrill Lynch, Project Paz
- **From:** El Paso, Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Executive program, Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (Education Program: Scaling)
- **Known for:** Grew Finhabits to more than 800,000 members, Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2020, Selected for Goldman Sachs' Launch With GS program

## Career timeline

- **early career** — AVP at Merrill Lynch in New York City
- **early career** — Partner at Galileo Investment Management
- **2012** — Co-founded Fundspire, acquired by eVestment
- **pre-2017** — Founded and ran Madison Quant Labs in NYC
- **2017** — Launched Finhabits, a bilingual digital investment platform
- **2019-12** — Raised Series A funding (latest round ~$6M; ~$14M total)
- **2020** — Named one of Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs; Fast Company Innovation by Design honoree for Money Journeys
- **2025** — Continues to publish financial education and appear on Univision and Telemundo

## Achievements

- Grew Finhabits to more than 800,000 members
- Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2020
- Selected for Goldman Sachs' Launch With GS program
- Fast Company Innovation by Design honoree (2020) for Money Journeys
- Co-founded Fundspire, acquired by eVestment in 2012
- Holds FINRA Series 3 and Series 65 licenses
- Regular financial educator on Univision and Telemundo

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Published a saving vs. investing guide drawing on strategies used by 100,000+ Finhabits investors.
- **2020-10** — Finhabits honored by Goldman Sachs at its Builders + Innovators Summit.

## Links

- Website: https://finhabits.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosarmandog/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/carlosfinhabits
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi5Q92-2TyI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Finhabits

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