John Collison

John Collison (born 1990) is an Irish student and entrepreneur. He is best known for having co-founded Stripe with his brother Patrick Collison.

Biography

In 2007, Collison founded "Shuppa" with his older brother Patrick Collison in Limerick, Ireland.[1] The company later merged with Auctomatic, which was funded by Y Combinator,[2] and Collison moved to Silicon Valley. Auctomatic was a software company that built tools for the eBay platform.[3] The company was also funded by Chris Sacca.[4] Auctomatic was acquired for $5 million in March 2008, when Collison was 17.[5][6][7][8]

In 2009, Collison (having returned to finish secondary school at Castletroy College) received 8 A1 and 2 A2 grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination. He continued to study at Harvard University, commencing his studies in September 2009.[9]

John is also a pilot[10] and a pianist.[11]

In 2010, John cofounded Stripe, which received backing from Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin and Sequoia Capital.[12]

In November 2016, Collison became the world's youngest self-made billionaire, worth at least $1.1 billion, after an investment in Stripe from CapitalG and General Catalyst Partners valued the company at $9.2 billion.[13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shuppa Bebo profile".
  2. ↑ "Y Combinator FAQ".
  3. ↑ "VentureBeat".
  4. ↑ "Chris Sacca's blog".
  5. ↑ McDonald, Henry (2008-03-28). "The Guardian". London.
  6. ↑ "Getting right down to business in TY". The Irish Times. 2008-04-04.
  7. ↑ "BBC News". 2008-03-27.
  8. ↑ McBride, Louise (2008-12-28). "The Irish Independent".
  9. ↑ "Harvard next on menu for knowledge-hungry dot.com high flyer". The Irish Times. 2009-09-09.
  10. ↑ "40 under 40".
  11. ↑ "The Irish Times". 2009-09-09.
  12. ↑ "Stealth Payment Startup Stripe Backed By PayPal Founders".
  13. ↑ Mac, Ryan. "Stripe Investment Makes Cofounder The World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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