Jason Wilk

Jason Wilk is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Dave, a publicly traded financial services company on NASDAQ. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. Wilk created several small businesses before selling a video advertising network called AllScreen for $85 million in 2015. That gave him the money to start Dave, a digital banking upstart aimed at reducing the cost of banking and overdraft for everyday Americans. Over the years, Dave has grown to more than 10 million users and went public in January, 2022 at a valuation close to $4 billon. It is estimated that Wilk owns 20% of Dave.

Early life Wilk was born in Los Angeles, California, where he also spent his youth. He attended Loyola Marymount University in California, where he played golf. Initially, Wilk wanted to be a professional golfer, but at college decided to pursue entrepreneurship instead. AllScreen sold to Zealot Networks in 2015 for $85 million. In 2022, Wilk was asked to give a Congressional testimony in front of the Senate Banking Subcommittee for Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection on the topic of “Examining Overdraft Fees and Their Effects on Working Families”. In 2021, Dave was ranked the fifth fastest growing company in America on the Inc5000 list. In January 2022, Wilk took the company public on NASDAQ at a valuation of close to $4 billion.

In an August 2025 interview with Sherwood News, Wilk attributed Dave's turnaround, from a nearly 98% share price decline to one of the top-performing stocks in the Russell 2000 in 2024, to improved margins and a renewed focus on profitability.

Recognition Wilk was included in Worth magazine's "Worthy 100" list of entrepreneurs in 2021, recognized for founding Dave with the aim of protecting everyday customers from overdraft fees.