José A. Quiñonez
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OthernamesJosé Quiñonez
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (B.A., 1994)
AlmamaterPrinceton University (M.A., 1998)
KnownforMission Asset Fund
José A. Quiñonez | |
|---|---|
| Other names | José Quiñonez |
| Education | University of California, Davis (B.A., 1994) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (M.A., 1998) |
| Known for | Mission Asset Fund |
| Notable work | Winning MacArthur Fellows Program |
José A. Quiñonez is an American financial-services innovator and winner of the MacArthur Fellows Program. He founded the San Francisco-based nonprofit Mission Asset Fund in 2007 in order to legitimize informal peer-to-peer lending networks in order to help marginalized groups build credit and serves as its CEO.[1][2]