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'''Patrick Collison''' is a [[billionaire]] businessman.
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==Career==
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In 2010, Patrick co-founded [[Stripe_(company)|Stripe]], which received backing from [[Peter Thiel]], [[Elon Musk]] and [[Sequoia Capital]].<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/stealth-payment-startup-stripe-paypal</ref>
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In November 2016, the Collison brothers became the world's youngest "self-made billionaires", worth at least $1.1 billion, after an investment in Stripe from CapitalG and General Catalyst Partners valued the company at $9.2 billion.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/11/28/stripe-investment-makes-cofounder-the-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire/#4e3a548d41b4</ref>
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(computer scientist, businessman)
Patrick Collison.jpg
Born1988-09-09
Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materCastletroy College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Irish "self-made billionaire" who attended the 2017 Bilderberg

Patrick Collison is a billionaire businessman.

Career

In 2010, Patrick co-founded Stripe, which received backing from Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Sequoia Capital.[1]

In November 2016, the Collison brothers became the world's youngest "self-made billionaires", worth at least $1.1 billion, after an investment in Stripe from CapitalG and General Catalyst Partners valued the company at $9.2 billion.[2]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20171 June 20174 June 2017US
Virginia
Chantilly
The 65th Bilderberg Meeting
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