Charles Garrett
Founder & Product Engineer
PeerFolio Making advanced financial tools approachable and trustworthy
Making Advanced Financial Tools Approachable and Trustworthy
Charles Garrett is a founder and engineering leader building PeerFolio, a savings and investing platform designed to make advanced financial tools feel approachable and trustworthy. With a background spanning computer science, human-centered design and enterprise software, his work is shaped by lived experience growing up without access to wealth-building infrastructure.
Charles speaks and builds at the intersection of financial technology, equity and product design, with a long-term vision of communities across neighborhoods and generations using present-day fintech with confidence.
Expertise
- •Savings and Investing Products
- •Human-Centered Design
- •Financial Technology
- •Product Engineering
- •Equitable Wealth-Building
Signature Moves
- •Founder — PeerFolio
- •Engineering Leadership
- •Computer Science and Design Background
- •Enterprise Software Experience
- •Mission Rooted in Lived Experience
“Advanced financial tools only create opportunity when people can understand them, trust them and use them with confidence.”
– Charles Garrett