Aaron Patzer: Founder of Mint.com

Aaron Patzer: Founder of Mint.com

Business Owner · Information Technology

San Francisco

Aaron Patzer founded Mint.com, sold to Intuit in 2009, then Fountain.com, sold to Porch.com in 2015, and the health app Vital.

About Aaron Patzer: Founder of Mint.com

Aaron Patzer (born November 20, 1980, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Internet entrepreneur, the founder of Mint.com, a financial management tool acquired by Intuit in 2009. He was later founder and CEO of Fountain.com, which was sold to Porch.com in 2015, and then founded the health app Vital, becoming its CEO. Patzer graduated from Central High School in Evansville, Indiana, completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 at Duke University, with bachelor's degrees in computer science, electrical engineering and computer engineering, and finished an MSEE at Princeton in 2004. He began his career in the Internet boom years of 1998 to 2000, working for Getawebsite.com and Miadora.com, an online jewelry store. Before founding Mint he was a technical lead and architect for the San Jose division of Nascentric, worked for IBM, founded the web development companies PWeb and International, and helped build the cell microprocessor in the PlayStation 3. Sources: English Wikipedia (Aaron Patzer, accessed September 2026).

Basic Information

Founder, Mint.com; founder and CEO, Vital

Company Details

Mint.com / Vital

Personal Finance Software, Health Technology