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Patrick Collison
Stripe · Limerick, Ireland
Irish teenager who decided the internet's missing primitive was payments — and made every developer their own merchant.
Developer-firstLong-term ownershipQuiet competence
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Company
Stripe
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2007Sold Auctomatic at age 19 with brother John.
- 2010Founded Stripe with John.
- 2014YC's most valuable company.
- 2024Stripe processes >$1T annually.
Struggles
Ireland's old guard called the brothers too young to build a financial business.
Family
Engaged; lives in SF. Close intellectual partnership with brother John.
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgPatrick Collison on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comStripe — official site
- ↗news.google.comPatrick Collison in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comStripe on Crunchbase
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Patrick Collison, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Irish teenager who decided the internet's missing primitive was payments — and made every developer their own merchant.
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