Co-founders · Stripe

Patrick & John Collison

Brothers from rural Ireland who made payments a few lines of code.

“Increase the GDP of the internet.

The story in brief

After selling their first startup, Auctomatic, as teenagers, the Collisons set out to fix online payments with a developer-first API.

Stripe stayed private for well over a decade; businesses on it processed about $1.4 trillion in 2024.

Fix a pain you've lived

Win the developer

Play long games

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