# Michael White

> Michael White is the co-founder and CEO of Multiply, a mortgage company offering homeownership support through employer benefits. A Stanford computer science graduate and 2011 Mayfield Fellow, he previously worked as an engineer and engineering manager at Square and led engineering for Caviar at Square and DoorDash. He co-founded Multiply with Gautam Gupta in 2022; the company moved from private-share liquidity into mortgages in 2024.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Multiply
- **Organizations:** Multiply, Square, Caviar, DoorDash, Eventbrite, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Stanford University, Mayfield Fellow, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- **Known for:** Co-founded Multiply in 2022 and serves as CEO., Led engineering for Caviar at both Square and DoorDash., Authored Square’s public explanation of its engineering growth framework in 2019.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Interned at Eventbrite.
- **2011-2012** — Engineering intern at Square.
- **2012-2013** — iOS engineer at Square.
- **2013-2017** — Engineering manager across Square teams.
- **2017-2019** — Head of engineering for Caviar at Square.
- **2018** — Moderated an ELC panel on taking over engineering teams at Quora.
- **2019** — Became head of engineering for Caviar at DoorDash; published Square’s growth-framework article on July 23.
- **2022** — Co-founded Multiply with Gautam Gupta.
- **2024** — Multiply introduced its mortgage product and shifted toward mortgage employee benefits.
- **2025** — Multiply announced a $23.5 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing disclosed funding to $27 million.
- **2026** — Appeared on The Tech Trek and announced Multiply’s commercial partnership with Sequoia Group.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Multiply in 2022 and serves as CEO.
- Led engineering for Caviar at both Square and DoorDash.
- Authored Square’s public explanation of its engineering growth framework in 2019.
- Multiply announced a $23.5 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins in March 2025.
- Selected for Stanford’s 2011 Mayfield Fellows cohort.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Appeared on The Tech Trek episode “From Engineer to CEO, Building an AI Mortgage Company,” published March 9.
- **2026-03** — Multiply announced its strategic commercial partnership with Sequoia Group on March 19.
- **2025-10** — Multiply introduced Rate IQ for offer analysis and Loan Sentinel for mortgage-processing automation.
- **2025-03** — Multiply announced its $23.5 million Series A.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mwhite.me/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwwhite/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mwwhite
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwwhite/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25