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John Collison

Stripe · Limerick, Ireland

The other half of Stripe — sibling partnership across two decades that proved co-founders can actually outlast the company.

Sibling alignmentCompliance depthDistribution craft
John Collison
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Company
Stripe
Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 2008
    Co-built Auctomatic at 16, sold for $5M.
  2. 2010
    Co-founded Stripe with brother Patrick.
  3. 2016
    Youngest self-made billionaire.
  4. 2023
    Stripe valued at $50B+ private.
Struggles

Faced the same skepticism as Patrick for being too young to handle compliance.

Family

Single; lives in San Francisco.

The full story

John Collison, in 1 chapters.

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    The story

    The other half of Stripe — sibling partnership across two decades that proved co-founders can actually outlast the company.

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