Asheesh Advani Steps Out of Virgin Money – Or Was He Pushed Out?
Posted in Management, United States, Virgin Money on July 10th, 2009 by P2P Lending News – 11 Comments
Before Richard Branson decided that P2P loans were the cola of the new millennium, Asheesh Advani was an entrepreneur who wanted to make it easier for people to borrow money from their friends and family. After a stint at the World Bank, he wondered if he could improve direct lending between individuals, and launched CircleLending in 2001. Just six years later in 2007, CircleLending was purchased by the Virgin Group and named Virgin Money; Richard Branson wore a t-shirt that said “Go Fund Yourself” to the launch party in Boston.