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Nelson Chai

Chief Executive Officer · DailyPay

Nelson Chai is CEO of DailyPay, a worktech platform providing on-demand pay (earned wage access) and financial-wellness solutions; he joined as executive chairman in 2025 and became CEO on October 1, 2025. He was previously CFO of Uber (2018-2023), where he led its IPO, and earlier CEO of The Warranty Group, President of CIT Group and CFO of Merrill Lynch and the NYSE.

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