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Art Levy
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Art Levy
Brex
@artlevy
Industrialist. CBO at Brex💳 (acq. by Capital One).
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Joined March 2014
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 10, 2025
    SO MUCH FUN going on Sourcery with Molly (best in the game!) and talking about the Golden Age of M&A (we're in it), market positioning and how Brex is winning over customers with our global software offering: Listen for the unfiltered playbook on: • Why founders need to “be
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    Molly O’Shea
    @MollySOShea
    Jul 10, 2025
    BREAKING: The Golden Age of M&A + AI Consolidation is Here: Meta, Stripe, OpenAI Art Levy, Chief Business Officer at $12.3B fintech giant @brexHQ, breaks down how & why.. Plus: We uncover how Brex hit $100B+ in TPV & their road to IPO We go deep on: (00:00) Massive AI
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 19, 2024
    PSA for junior VCs or MBAs looking to join a startup: there are no "strategy" or "corp dev" jobs You can join to either: → Sell (Sales/BD) → Build (Product) → Manage Burn (Finance)
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Mar 17, 2025
    Well that aged well :) Right on the nose with my $30B number
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 23, 2024
    Wiz isn’t declining the deal. Here’s what I think is actually happening (as someone with 10+ years of M&A experience): • Engage Google and get offer for $23B • Let news of offer "accidentally" get out • Publicly decline the offer to rally team • Get Google to increase
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 23, 2024
    Wiz isn’t declining the deal. Here’s what I think is actually happening (as someone with 10+ years of M&A experience): • Engage Google and get offer for $23B • Let news of offer "accidentally" get out • Publicly decline the offer to rally team • Get Google to increase
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    Austin Rief ☕️
    @austin_rief
    Jul 23, 2024
    The memo Wiz CEO sent his company after passing on a $23 billion deal from Google. -- Wizards, I know the last week has been intense, with the buzz about a potential acquisition. While we are flattered by offers we have received, we have chosen to continue on our path to
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jun 11, 2025
    How it started: $95M acquisition of a “failing” credit card startup. How it’s going: ~$160M in revenue and $2.5B in EV in less than 2 years. Breakdown of why Robinhood’s X1 acquisition may be the greatest tuck-in M&A of all time:
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 2, 2024
    Ten years ago, I worked in M&A for F100 companies In the past five years, I’ve lead all of Brex’s M&A deals This thread will teach you: → The three types of startup sales → When a Founder should consider selling → What goes through a Buyer's mind
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Nov 27, 2023
    Replying to @MarioNawfal
    Have to ask..why are civilians helping Hamas? Are they then really “civilians”?
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Mar 11, 2023
    Effective Monday @Brex Business Accounts is increasing our Fdic insurance limit from 1m to 2.25m across nine program banks.
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jun 21, 2024
    You’re one well-crafted cold email away from speaking with (literally) whomever you want. Then you'll have to jump on a plane (per yesterday's tweet). This has helped me land huge partners for Brex. Here are my pro tips for writing that actually gets shit done.
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Jul 26, 2024
    Most underrated skill in Sales and Partnerships by year: 2004: Ability to follow up relentlessly. 2014: Ability to follow up relentlessly. 2024: Ability to follow up relentlessly. 2034:
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Aug 4, 2024
    Tech founders should not work with an M&A bank if they’re selling the business for less than $100M. Here’s why (my take after 10+ years on both sides of the M&A table):
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Mar 17, 2025
    Replying to @thatguybg
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Sep 19, 2024
    My career path that made me Chief Business Officer @ Brex: 2011-2014: M&A IB Analyst 2014-2017: B&D/Corp Dev 2017-2018: VC 2018-Present: CBO @ Brex Many people with this career arc start their own company. Here’s why I haven’t:
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    Art Levy
    Brex
    @artlevy
    Aug 28, 2024
    I tell every startup partnerships team the same thing: Chase deer, not elephants. Elephants = big-name companies that are tempting to partner with, but are WAY harder to derive value from (Tier 1 public banks or SaaS co's are a great example). Deer = larger than the startups
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