Patrick Collison

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Stripe

Patrick Collison is cofounder and chief executive officer of Stripe, a technology company that builds programmable financial services. Patrick and his brother John started Stripe in 2010 with the goal to make accepting payments on the internet simpler. Today millions of businesses—from hypergrowth startups to global enterprises like Ford and Amazon—use Stripe to accept payments, send payouts, and manage complex global businesses online. Patrick is also a cofounder of the Arc Institute, a biomedical research institute that is pioneering a new model for basic research in partnership with Stanford, UCSF and UC Berkeley.