Kent Landvatter is the Executive Chairman at FinWise Bank. He leads a team of professionals who dedicate themselves to serving the bank's mission of financial inclusion for all.
A veteran of the financial services industry with a career spanning over four decades, Kent joined FinWise Bank in 2010. Previously, he presided over three industrial banks, two of which were de novos including World Financial Capital Bank (now Comenity Capital Bank) and Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
Kent's unique vision for FinWise was cultivated by his vast experience in banking and serving in non-profit organizations where he saw firsthand the power of partnerships. Through partnering with the right companies along with the proper integration and use of technology, Kent saw the opportunity for banks to operate more efficiently, lower lending and origination costs, better assess credit quality, ultimately expanding the reach and convenience of banking to more Americans.

Under his leadership, FinWise Bank has been ranked by Independent Banker Magazine the top performing community bank in America in 2021 and 2022. FinWise Bank has also been ranked as the #1 SBA lender in New York in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, FinWise Bancorp, the parent company of FinWise Bank became public and is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol FINW.

Kent earned his MBA from the University of Utah, where he graduated as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the scholastic honor society for collegiate business schools. He is active in his industry and community where he has served as the Board President of NeighborWorks Salt Lake, a board member of the Utah Bankers Association, the Chairman of the Utah Association of Financial Services, and as a board member of Junior Achievement of Utah and the University of Utah Business Alumni Association.