Patrick Collison

Founder & CEO of Stripe

Patrick Collison is an Irish entrepreneur from County Limerick and co-founder and CEO of Stripe which he started with his brother John Collison in 2010. He was the winner of the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen.

"You can’t delegate culture"

Topics

Marketing
Business Growth
Entrepreneurship
Business Leaders
Technology
Information Technology
Online Payments

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Energetic, exciting, provocative, Patrick skillfully combines expert knowledge and research with anecdotal truths. He’s a consummate story-teller, engaging his audience at every level.

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In Detail

Patrick is no stranger to the startup world having previously co-founded and sold Automattic, an auction and marketplace management system, which he started in 2007 at the age of 18. Just a year later, the company was acquired by Canada’s Live Current Media for $5 million. Founded in 2010, Stripe was an immediate hit among developers for its straightforward, API-based approach to getting an online business up and running. Co-founders John and Patrick Collison had seen that the internet’s online payment infrastructure was broken, so they fixed it. Eight years later, they’ve parlayed their early cult status into a $9 billion valuation and an impressive roster of clients big and small.

What he offers you

Patrick Collison shares wise insights on success, failure, management, decision making, learning and so much more. He unveils how to use emerging techniques for building strong and international brands.