John Collison Bio | Wiki
John Collison is a well-known Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and President of Stripe formed in 2010 with his brother Patrick. In 2016, he became the youngest self-made billionaire. The firm Stripe raised an $850 million funding round with a valuation of $36 billion in April 2020. As of 2023, Forbes stated his net worth as $5.5 billion.
John Collison Age
He was born in Dromineer, County Tipperary, Ireland on August 6, 1990. Collison is 33 years old and celebrates his birthday every year on August 6.
John Collison Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Collison stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in ( approx. 1.75m ).
John Collison Family
He was born in Dromineer, County Tipperary, Ireland to hardworking parents. Collison holds Irish nationality. He is the son of Lily Collison and Denis Collison who run a lakeside hotel. He grew up with an older brother Patrick Collison and Tommy Collison.
John Collison Wife | Girlfriend | Laura Behrens Wu
He has been engaged to his longtime girlfriend Laura Behrens Wu since July 2023. Laura founded and built her own highly valued startup, Shippo which simplifies shipping for eCommerce companies. He resides in San Francisco, California.
John Collison Education
He finished his secondary school at Castletroy College receiving 8 A1 and 2 A2 grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination. He then joined Harvard University commencing his studies in September 2009 but later dropped out according to Forbes.
Stripe John Collison
Collison co-founded Stripe in 2010 with his elder brother Patrick. He got backing from Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Sequoia Capital. The firm lets businesses and individuals accept payments over the Internet. The idea of the firm came while both were in college in Cambridge at MIT.
As of April 2020, the firm raised an $850 million funding round with a valuation of $36 billion. Stripe contributed $1 million to California YIMBY, a pro-housing development lobbying organization in 2018.
John Collison Interview
In June 2020, Collison appeared on a CNBC interview with “Squawk Box”‘s Andrew Ross Sorkin to share his view on monetary policy, and cryptocurrency amid the pandemic. He stated, “We’re seeing the creation of new businesses, or businesses that previously traded solely offline, starting to move online.” Moreover, he appeared on CNBC in June 2020 to discuss on Credit business.
Patrick and John Collison
Patrick is Collison’s oldest brother with whom he co-founded Stripe and “Shuppa”. He is 35 years old born on September 9, 1988. Patrick married Swiss-American biochemist Silvana Konermann in April 2022 with whom he co-founded the Arc Institute.
Patrick and Collison founded “Shuppa” in 2007 which later merged with Automatic. The firm was funded by Y Combinator, and Collison moved to Silicon Valley. The Collison brothers became the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, worth at least $1.1 billion in November 2016. This was after an investment in Stripe from CapitalG and General Catalyst valued the company at $9.2 billion.
John Collison House
Collison paid about €20 million to acquire Abbey Leix in June 2021. Abbey Leix is a vast Co Laois estate and former ancestral home of the de Vesci family. It sits on 1,120 acres with a main residence which extends to 26,910sq ft (2,500sq m). The estate has over 10 estate houses and cottages. Before, the estate had been in the ownership of Sir David Davies.
John Collison 2022
Collison spoke live on a video screen from Stripe’s Dublin office during the company’s well-attended weekly in the early months of 2022. His net worth in 2022 was 9.5 Billion.
John Collison Net Worth
Collison is a well-known Irish billionaire entrepreneur whose net worth is from his firm Stripe and former firm “Shuppa”. As of 2023, his net worth is $5.5 Billion from 9.5 Billion in 2022.
Are The Collison Brothers Married
No. Patrick married Swiss-American biochemist Silvana Konermann in April 2022 while Collison got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Laura Behrens Wu in July 2023.
Who Is Patrick And John Collison
Patrick is Collison’s oldest brother with whom he co-founded Stripe and “Shuppa”.
How Did John Collison Get Rich
Collison teamed up with his older brother Patrick in 2008 to become millionaires after they sold their company Auctomatic to Live Current Media for $5 million.