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About Don Gayhardt

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A financial services executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience, Don Gayhardt served for a decade as president and CEO of CURO, a comprehensive consumer credit provider operating under many brands, including Quick Credit, LendDirect, and Revolve Finance. Don Gayhardt oversaw the company’s acquisition of Heights Finance, a near-prime installment lender, in late 2021, and the acquisition of First Heritage Credit for $140 million as part of a broader business transformation effort. Under his leadership, CURO also sold its U.S. online businesses and legacy storefronts to focus on near-prime installment lending as opposed to direct lending. This sale was announced in May 2022 at $345 million in total cash consideration.    

Don Gayhardt led CURO from 2012 until stepping down to pursue other opportunities in 2022. Over this decade, he worked to cultivate a collaborative workplace environment in which employees feel empowered to speak their mind and provide opinions on business practices and products. He believes a positive and empowering workplace motivates employees, which, in turn, promotes customer satisfaction.   

Beyond his career in the financial services industry, Don Gayhardt is the chairman of Music Training Center Holdings, which provides high quality music and performing arts instruction to more than 2,000 youth in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He previously spent 15 years as president of Dollar Financial Group, where he oversaw international expansion and added more than 700 locations in Canada and the United Kingdom.  

Mr. Gayhardt holds a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Notre Dame. He has held board positions with Beneficial Bank and the Community Financial Services Association of America. He supports a range of nonprofits, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bryn Mawr Hospital, and Speak Up. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his family.