About
Hey, welcome to my site! My name is Max Krauskopf; thanks for stopping by to learn more about me. I am originally from just outside of Chicago, but currently reside in New York City. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Emory University with a B.A. in economics and a minor in religion.
I am pursuing a career in fintech and product management. I have always been fascinated by financial markets, behavioral economics, and entrepreneurship. Currently, I am working at Stripe leading geographic expansion of their Issuing product, including stablecoin initiatives and international market development. I previously worked at HSBC where I helped manage the bank's relationships with Fortune 500 Consumer & Retail clients.
In my free time, I am an avid Formula One and hockey fan and enjoy activities such as skydiving, playing the guitar, traveling, and learning about new cultures.
Resume
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Economics; Minor in Religion
2016 - 2020
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- GPA: Summa Cum Laude; Cumulative GPA: 3.9/4.0; Major GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Academic Honors: W. Tate Whitman Prize in Economics; Honors Program for Economics; Honor Roll/Deans List (Every Semester); Alpha Epsilon Upsilon (Honor Society); Omicron Delta Upsilon (Economics Honor Society); 2017-2018 Oxford Religion Student Award
- Highlighted Activities: College Council Senior Legislator & Chair of Academics Committee; Student Alumni Board Vice President of Finance; Resident Assistant; Committee on Academic Standards; Model United Nations; Real Estate Club Vice President; Oxford Debate Society Founder & Vice President
Summer 2018
London School of Economics, London, UK
- Courses: Intermediate Microeconomics, Econometrics
Professional Experience
Product Manager - Issuing Geographic Expansion
May 2025 - Present
Stripe Inc, New York, NY
- Driving Stripe Issuing's product expansion into new international markets. This includes launching Stripe's zero-to-one stablecoin-backed card, integrating our Bridge acquisition, and reinventing the dashboard experience to make cards directly available to users
Product Manager - Issuing Funding
October 2024 - May 2025
Stripe Inc, New York, NY
- Led funding platform and product initiatives for Stripe Issuing, focusing on money movement capabilities (scaling platforms that move billions of dollars) as well as bank partnerships and Credit APIs (Charge Cards, Ledgers)
Product Manager - Issuing & Banking Billing
March 2024 - October 2024
Stripe Inc, New York, NY
- Led Stripe Issuing and Treasury's billing team with focus on monetization (moving to a SaaS model) and pricing automation and optimization across the platform
Product Finance & Strategy
June 2022 - October 2024
Stripe Inc, New York, NY
- Provided strategic and financial analysis across Stripe's Issuing, Treasury, Corporate Card, and Climate products. Led business planning processes, forecasting, and guided product teams through ROI analyses and frameworks for key investment decisions
Global Banking Associate - Consumer & Retail Coverage
February 2022 - June 2022
Global Banking Analyst - Consumer & Retail Coverage
August 2020 - February 2022
Summer Analyst - Metals & Mining Coverage
June 2019 - August 2019
HSBC Global Banking & markets, New York, NY
- Helped manage HSBC's largest relationships among Fortune 500 consumer products, retail, and healthcare companies; optimized companies' capital structures through a variety of banking products including access to debt and equity capital markets, syndicated and bilateral bank loans (RCF, Term Loan A/B), cash management, and trade/project finance. As an ESG ambassador for the C&R sector, also focused on developing awareness and origination of HSBC's sustainable financing offerings (both green and sustainability linked).
Teaching Assistant - Corporate Finance & International Trade
August 2019 - May 2020
Emory University - Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, GA
- Taught essential corporate finance topics including pro-forma financial modeling, DCF valuation models, WACC, and IRR during review sessions for the 180 person Spring offering of corporate finance
- Led review sessions teaching economic models such as the Heckscher–Ohlin Model, Specific Factors Model, and Ricardian Model of Trade in order to explain the concepts of free trade, tariffs, quotas, and exchange rates
Private Equity Spring Analyst
January 2020 - May 2020
Forge Equity Partners, Atlanta, GA
- Evaluated 6 deals totaling $10+ million in EBITDA at a $50 million lower-middle market private equity fund
- Sourced over 400 proprietary acquisition targets across a range of industries including healthcare services and autism treatment
- Evaluated 8 incoming broker CIMs, the most out of a class of 13 analysts
- Analyzed deals in the B2B SaaS, Physician Practice Management, & Pediatric Therapy industries totaling $100 million in enterprise value
- Presented 6 potential investments to the investments committee
- Led multiple diligence workstreams on a ~$15 million enterprise value healthcare services acquisition
Honors Thesis
I wrote an honors thesis in order to fulfill the requirements to graduate summa cum laude in Economics. My thesis constructs a game theoretical model in order to analyze the use of trials by ordeals in medieval Europe.
If you are interested in learning more about my thesis please feel free to contact me or use the below button to access the completed text.
Skills
Beyond my professional experiences, please see some of the additional skills that I bring to the table. I am always willing and excited to improve my existing skills or learn new ones:
Contact
Feel free to reach out. I love connecting with likeminded students and business professionals.
Location:
Manhattan, New York, NY
Email:
max@maxkrauskopf.com
Call:
+1 (630) 780-9639