# Evin Ollinger

> Evin Ollinger is a San Francisco-based serial technology entrepreneur best documented as the co-founder and CEO of Golden, a financial-caregiving service created after he discovered that his father had missed three mortgage payments. Golden organized accounts, bills, benefits, expenses, and fraud monitoring for older adults and their families, won AARP's Financial Innovation Award and an Aging Startup Challenge, and was named Best of Show at FinovateFall 2018. His founder story is a study in turning a private family responsibility into a practical product for people managing money across generations.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Golden
- **Organizations:** Golden, DistribuPro, Chronos Software
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Golden Gate University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Golden in 2016 to help families coordinate an older parent's finances., Golden received AARP's Financial Innovation Award., Golden won an aging startup challenge in 2018.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Began founding financial-services technology companies.
- **Before 2016** — Led DistribuPro and Chronos Software to exits, according to a 2019 One Vision podcast profile.
- **2016** — Co-founded Golden, a financial-caregiving service for older adults and their families.
- **2017** — Joined the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center's Milestone Makers program; Golden received AARP's Financial Innovation Award.
- **2018** — Golden won an aging startup challenge and was named Best of Show at FinovateFall.
- **2019** — Discussed Golden's financial-caregiving model on the One Vision podcast.
- **2020** — Golden appeared as an aging-and-wealth-management case study in Village Capital's Fintech for All report.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Golden in 2016 to help families coordinate an older parent's finances.
- Golden received AARP's Financial Innovation Award.
- Golden won an aging startup challenge in 2018.
- Golden was named Best of Show at FinovateFall 2018.
- Reportedly reduced his father's annual expenses by more than $18,000 while organizing his finances.
- Previously led DistribuPro and Chronos Software to exits, according to a public podcast profile.

## Latest updates

- **2020-01** — Village Capital featured Ollinger and Golden in its Fintech for All report on aging and wealth management.

## Links

- Website: https://golden.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evinollinger
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/golden?lang=en
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/goldendotcom

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Last updated: 2026-08-24