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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO.\n\nZach Perret co-founded Plaid, a data network that connects people's financial accounts to fintech apps, with William Hockey and is its CEO. The pair first tried to build consumer budgeting and bookkeeping software, then moved to a unified banking API after struggling to connect bank accounts.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zperret/\n\n## What Zach builds\n\n- [Plaid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid.md), graded B, 69.8/100, in Bank data \u0026 open banking. Bank data aggregation platform covering the US, Canada, the UK and parts of Europe. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [William Hockey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/william-hockey/), Co-founder, Plaid\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)\n- [Silver Lake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/)\n- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)\n- [New Enterprise Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/)\n- [Franklin Templeton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/franklin-templeton/)\n- [Fidelity Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidelity-investments/)\n- [BlackRock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackrock/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Zach Perret?\n\nZach Perret co-founded Plaid, a data network that connects people's financial accounts to fintech apps, with William Hockey and is its CEO. The pair first tried to build consumer budgeting and bookkeeping software, then moved to a unified banking API after struggling to connect bank accounts.\n\n### What does Plaid make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Plaid from Plaid. Bank data aggregation platform covering the US, Canada, the UK and parts of Europe.\n\n### Who has invested in Plaid?\n\nThe sources our research read name Altimeter Capital, Silver Lake, Ribbit Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Investments and BlackRock.\n\n### How are Zach's tools graded?\n\nPlaid is graded B, 69.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://plaid.com/en-eu/press/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/zperret/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-hockey-04536710/\n- https://plaid.com/en-gb/\n- https://plaid.com/contact/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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