Steve Streit (February 28, 1962, in North Miami, Florida) is an American businessman known for founding Green Dot Corporation.

[1][2][3] He is also the founder and lead partner of SWS Venture Capital and a retired board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch.

[1] In 1999, after leaving the broadcasting industry, he created the prepaid debit card, marketed as Green Dot, which was originally intended for teenagers to make purchases online, but quickly expanded to serve financially underserved Americans.

[7][8] In 2010, Green Dot Corporation became a public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GDOT.

[1] Streit also served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Los Angeles branch and later founded SWS Venture Capital.