Meet John Collison, the 27-year-old Harvard dropout whose tech startup turned him into the youngest self-made billionaire in the world
- John Collison, the cofounder and president of Stripe, is the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 27.
- He started Stripe, designed to transform the way people make online payments, with his older brother when he was just 19.
- Originally from a small town in Ireland, he came to the US to attend Harvard — until he dropped out to focus on Stripe in Silicon Valley.
John Collison founded the tech company Stripe in 2010, when he was only 19.
Now Collison, 27, can call himself the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, with a net worth totaling $1.1 billion after Stripe's $9 billion valuation in 2016. The company was designed to transform the way websites accept online payments, and it's a favorite of huge companies like Lyft and Facebook.
Collison started the company with his older brother Patrick, Stripe's CEO. Though the siblings have struck Silicon Valley gold, they haven't forgotten their humble roots in small-town Ireland.
Today, Collison enjoys flying planes, running, and hiking with members of the Stripe team.
Read on to learn more about the world's youngest self-made billionaire.
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John was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1990, and his family eventually settled in the small village of Dromineer.
Source: Bloomberg
Collison, a brilliant student, finished with the highest possible marks on his Leaving Certificate, the equivalent of final exams in the US.
Source: Independent
Collison was accepted into Harvard before even taking his final exams, which he aced anyway.
Source: Independent
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