John Collison

{ "bio": [ "John Collison is cofounder and president of Stripe, a company that lets businesses and individuals accept payments over the internet.", "Private investors valued Stripe at $159 billion in February 2026.", "John and his brother Patrick hatched the idea for Stripe while both were in college in Cambridge at MIT.", "The company's first payment was processed while both were on vacation in South America.", "John was born and raised in the countryside near Limerick, Ireland, where his parents ran a lakeside hotel." ], "about": [ "John and Patrick Collison took up coding as kids, competing against each other to master the craft.", "The Collison brothers became teenage millionaires in 2008 when they sold their company Auctomatic to Live Current Media for $5 million." ] }