Wealthsimple co-founder

Brett Huneycutt role

Brett Huneycutt is a co-founder and chief product officer of Wealthsimple.

Brett Huneycutt is a co-founder of Wealthsimple, the Toronto fintech founded in September 2014 with Michael Katchen and Rudy Adler. He is its chief product officer.

He earned a BA in economics and math at Boston College in 2003 and an MPhil in economics at Oxford in 2006. He worked at McKinsey as an engagement manager.

Before Wealthsimple he co-founded 1000memories, a photo website that Ancestry.com acquired in 2012.

Wealthsimple launched commission-free trading in Canada in March 2019. In October 2025 it raised C$750m at a C$10bn post-money valuation. It remains privately held.

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What is Brett Huneycutt's education?

Brett Huneycutt earned a BA in economics and math at Boston College in 2003. He then earned an MPhil in economics at the University of Oxford in 2006 as a Rhodes Scholar.

What is Brett Huneycutt's role at Wealthsimple?

Brett Huneycutt is a co-founder and chief product officer of Wealthsimple. He started the Toronto fintech in 2014 with Michael Katchen and Rudy Adler.

What did Brett Huneycutt do before Wealthsimple?

He worked as an engagement manager at McKinsey. He then co-founded the photo website 1000memories, which Ancestry.com acquired in 2012.