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Draft Aaron Klein Aaron Klein (b. October 24, 1978) is an American entrepreneur. He is the CEO and co-founder at Riskalyze, a co-founder at Hope Takes Root, and a former trustee at Sierra College.

Biography

Klein was born at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, CA to Daniel Klein and Bonnie Sue Klein. His full name at birth was Daniel Aaron Bell Klein. He has lived in Placer County, California since the age of seven. At the age of twelve, he began working for his father’s wholesale distribution company packing boxes.[[1]] He later helped sell the company and began a web-consulting firm with his father and a friend.

Sierra College

Klein was elected to the Sierra College Board of Trustees in 2004. He was reelected in 2008 and 2012, serving three consecutive terms from 2004-2016. He left the office in 2016 in order to focus on his role as CEO at Riskalyze.[[2]]

On December 20, 2004, Klein called on Sierra College president Kevin Ramirez to resign over allegations of mishandling college funds and campaign money.[[3]] The ensuing dispute resulted in Ramirez stepping down from his role as president of Sierra College in January 2005. [[4]]

Riskalyze

In 2011, Klein co-founded Riskalyze as CEO along with CIO Mike McDaniel and CTO Matt Pistone, combining their expertise in technology and finance with his own prior experience in web consulting and leadership.[[5]] Under Klein’s direction, Riskalyze had grown to serve over 20,000 financial advisors as of August 2017.[[6]].

Klein was recognized as one of InvestmentNews’ “40 under 40” in 2015 for “accomplishment to date, contribution to the industry, leadership and promise” in the financial advice industry.[[7]]

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Philanthropy

Klein and his wife, Cacey Steward Klein, co-founded Hope Takes Root, “an initiative to use vocational training and life mentoring to change the future for orphans and at-risk kids in Ethiopia.”[[8]] Klein and his wife previously served jointly on the board of the nonprofit Lifesong for Orphans Ethiopia [[9]].

Klein and his wife have adopted three children internationally; one from South Korea and two from Ethiopia.