# Timothy Sheehan

> Timothy "Tim" Sheehan is the Atlanta-based co-founder and CEO of Greenlight, a family technology company that began with a parent-managed debit card for children and expanded into saving, investing, safety and household coordination. A former Yahoo Finance, E*TRADE, Yodlee and Fiserv product leader, he founded Greenlight with Johnson Cook in 2014 after confronting a practical question in his own family: how can children learn to manage money before the consequences become expensive?

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Greenlight
- **Organizations:** Greenlight, MagicDoor, Synctera, Fiserv, Reachable, Yodlee, Yahoo Finance, E*TRADE, Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center
- **Education:** B.A., James Madison University, M.S., Business/Information Management, Marymount University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Greenlight and remained its CEO from 2014 through 2026., Led Greenlight through a $260 million Series D in 2021 that valued the company at $2.3 billion and brought total funding above $550 million., Helped expand Greenlight from a parent-managed debit card into saving, investing, education, safety and household coordination products serving more than 6.5 million family members by 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2006** — Held consumer-finance product roles at E*TRADE and Yahoo Finance, where he served as director of Yahoo Finance.
- **2006** — Helped drive the vision for Yodlee's MoneyCenter product, according to a public recommendation from former colleague Peter Braun.
- **2007-2011** — Co-founded and served as CEO of Reachable, a social-media marketing platform.
- **2011-2014** — Served at Fiserv as senior vice president of products, marketing and strategy for Biller Solutions.
- **Before 2014** — Worked as lead entrepreneur-in-residence at Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center.
- **2014** — Co-founded Greenlight with Johnson Cook in Atlanta.
- **2017** — Greenlight's parent-managed debit card and app reached the market.
- **2020** — Greenlight announced a $215 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation; Sheehan was also recognized among Atlanta's Most Admired CEOs and Greenlight was named an Atlanta Inno Blazer.
- **2021** — Greenlight raised a $260 million Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $2.3 billion valuation.
- **2021** — Participated as an angel investor in Synctera's Series A.
- **2023** — Promoted Level Up and Greenlight for Classrooms as financial-literacy tools while navigating a company workforce reduction.
- **2025** — Joined the board of AI property-management startup MagicDoor.
- **2026** — Led Greenlight as it launched Family Hub and expanded further from family finance into family technology.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Greenlight and remained its CEO from 2014 through 2026.
- Led Greenlight through a $260 million Series D in 2021 that valued the company at $2.3 billion and brought total funding above $550 million.
- Helped expand Greenlight from a parent-managed debit card into saving, investing, education, safety and household coordination products serving more than 6.5 million family members by 2026.
- Named among Atlanta's 2020 Most Admired CEOs; Greenlight was also selected as a 2020 Atlanta Inno Blazer in fintech.
- Named as an inventor on U.S. Patent 8,402,023, issued in 2013, covering ranking user-defined targets in a universal graph.
- Joined MagicDoor's board in 2025 and participated as an angel investor in Synctera's 2021 Series A.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Greenlight launched Family Hub, a dedicated smart display combining family calendars, chores, photos, lists, location features and an AI assistant; the company said it served more than 6.5 million family members.
- **2025-09** — Sheehan joined the board of MagicDoor following the property-management software company's $4.5 million seed round.
- **2023-06** — Greenlight established a development center in Bengaluru to support product development, engineering, data analytics and operations.

## Links

- Website: https://greenlight.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothysheehan
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GreenlightCard
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GreenlightCard
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenlightcard/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenlightCard/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenlightcard

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Last updated: 2026-09-27