Nelson Chai — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as CEO of DailyPay.
Served as Chief Financial Officer of Uber from September 2018 to December 2023.
Formerly served as CFO of Merrill Lynch and briefly as Bank of America's president for the Asia-Pacific region.
Played a major role as CFO of Archipelago Exchange in its merger with the New York Stock Exchange.
Member of the Board of Directors at Chubb since 2024 and Thermo Fisher Scientific since 2013.
Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.).

Biography

Nelson Chai is an American investment banker and financial executive. He currently serves as the CEO of DailyPay. Prior to this, he was the chief financial officer of Uber from September 2018 to December 2023.

Chai's extensive career includes serving as chief financial officer of American financial services company Merrill Lynch, a position he took on December 10, 2007, as part of a management shake-up due to losses in the subprime mortgage crisis. He received a bonus of $2.