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John Collison

President & Co-Founder

President & Co-Founder of Stripe

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Quick Facts

  • Role President & Co-Founder
  • Company Stripe
  • Country Ireland
  • Industry AI in Finance
  • Founded 2010
  • Known For Stripe's Radar system applies machine learning to transaction data pooled across millions of businesses, making it…
  • Last Reviewed Jul 2026

Executive Summary

John Collison is listed in public materials as President & Co-Founder of Stripe. This Brel Digital profile records the verified public leadership association using official company sources. Biographical details that are not evidenced on the cited official pages are omitted.

Career Timeline

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  1. 2010 Company founded

    Stripe was founded in 2010 per the company profile source on file.

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  2. 2010 Development

    2010: Founded in Palo Alto, California, by brothers Patrick and John Collison.

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  3. 2011 Product

    2011: Raises a $2 million seed round from Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, and Andreessen Horowitz; launches publicly in September after a private beta.

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  4. 2024 Partnership

    July 2024: Sequoia Capital offers limited partners a chance to sell Stripe shares at a reported $70 billion 409A valuation.

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  5. 2025 Development

    February 2025: An employee tender offer values Stripe at $91.5 billion.

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  6. 2026 Development

    Early 2026: A follow-up tender offer, detailed in Stripe's 2025 annual letter, values the company at $159 billion; Stripe remains privately held with no announced IPO date.

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Connected Products

Financial AI product

Radar fraud detection

Programmable payments and financial infrastructure, including Radar fraud detection, Billing, Connect, Issuing, Terminal, and Atlas incorporation…

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Financial AI product

Billing

Programmable payments and financial infrastructure, including Radar fraud detection, Billing, Connect, Issuing, Terminal, and Atlas incorporation…

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Financial AI product

Connect

Programmable payments and financial infrastructure, including Radar fraud detection, Billing, Connect, Issuing, Terminal, and Atlas incorporation…

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Financial AI product

Issuing

Programmable payments and financial infrastructure, including Radar fraud detection, Billing, Connect, Issuing, Terminal, and Atlas incorporation…

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Terminal

Programmable payments and financial infrastructure, including Radar fraud detection, Billing, Connect, Issuing, Terminal, and Atlas incorporation…

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Overview

John Collison is listed in public materials as President & Co-Founder of Stripe. This Brel Digital profile records the verified public leadership association using official company sources. Biographical details that are not evidenced on the cited official pages are omitted.

Role

John Collison holds the publicly documented role of President & Co-Founder at Stripe. Readers should confirm current titles on the company’s official leadership or about pages, as executive roles change over time.

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Last Reviewed

This profile was last reviewed on July 14, 2026.

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Patrick Collison

Co-Founder & CEO

Stripe

  • Country United States
  • Industry AI in Finance

Co-founder and chief executive of Stripe, the payments infrastructure company he built with his brother John Collison.

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