Ksenia Yudina (’14)

A Ksenia Yudina, CFA, is the founder & CEO of UNest. 
Prior to founding UNest, Ksenia spent over a decade working in financial services, most recently at Capital Group, where she realized that the industry failed to recognize that parents' number one priority is saving for their children. She decided to create a simple, affordable financial solution accessible to all families. 
Ksenia has raised nearly $40M from leading VCs including Anthos Capital, Northwestern Mutual, Franklin Templeton, The Artemis Fund, Altair, Draper Dragon, Unlock Ventures, One Way Ventures, Launchpad Capital, Bitfury, and NBA All-Star Baron Davis. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, TechCrunch and has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, and Cheddar. She was included in InvestmentNews’ 40 Under 40 list and named one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology by the Financial Technology Report. 
She holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and is a CFA charterholder.