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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
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Company
Stripe
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2008Co-built Auctomatic at 16, sold for $5M.
- 2010Co-founded Stripe with brother Patrick.
- 2016Youngest self-made billionaire.
- 2023Stripe valued at $50B+ private.
Struggles
Faced the same skepticism as Patrick for being too young to handle compliance.
Family
Single; lives in San Francisco.
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External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgJohn Collison on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comStripe — official site
- ↗news.google.comJohn Collison in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comStripe on Crunchbase
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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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