Richard House Jr.

Mr. House has more than 30 years of experience in consumer lending across a multitude of disciplines and has led businesses from inception to becoming stock exchange-listed public companies. In 1997, he was a co-founder and then President of Atlanticus Holdings (formerly Compucredit Corp.), which has been a significant lender in the prime and non-prime markets in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Under his leadership, Compucredit Corp. became one of the nation's largest sub-prime issuers of consumer credit with revenues exceeding $700 million. After leaving Atlanticus in 2014, Mr. House was the Chief Executive Officer of Veta Finance, Ltd., a provider of technology solutions to lenders in the United States and the United Kingdom. Prior to Atlanticus, he was a Managing Director of the Quantitative Solutions and Consulting Division of Equifax. Mr. House earned B.S. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Southern Methodist University, respectively.