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'''Patrick Collison''' is a [[billionaire]] businessman.
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In 2010, Patrick co-founded [[Stripe_(company)|Stripe]], which received backing from [[Peter Thiel]], [[Elon Musk]] and [[Sequoia Capital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/stealth-payment-startup-stripe-paypal|title=Stealth Payment Startup Stripe Backed By PayPal Founders|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</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>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/11/28/stripe-investment-makes-cofounder-the-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire/#4e3a548d41b4|title=Stripe Investment Makes Cofounder The World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire|last=Mac|first=Ryan|newspaper=Forbes|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>
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Revision as of 15:05, 27 November 2017

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(computer scientist, businessman)
Born1988-09-09
Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materCastletroy College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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References

  1. "Stealth Payment Startup Stripe Backed By PayPal Founders". Retrieved 8 February 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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