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Patrick Collison
InvestorUnicorn founderCEO at Stripe · Advisor at Stellar Development Foundation · Founder at Auctomatic
San Francisco, CA
FoundedStripe$159B · YCAuctomatic · YC
30 Under 30 2022 · Hall of Fame30 Under 30 2014 · Enterprise Technology30 Under 30 2013 · Enterprise Technology
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About
Patrick Collison co-founded Stripe with his brother John in 2010 and has run it since — a company valued at $159 billion in its February 2026 tender offer, processing $1.9 trillion of payment volume in 2025 and robustly profitable. A Limerick teenager who won Ireland's Young Scientist competition at 16 for a LISP-like programming language, he dropped out of MIT, sold his first company Auctomatic at 19, and became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 28. Beyond Stripe he co-founded the Arc Institute and Fast Grants, publishes through Stripe Press, and joined Meta's board in 2025.
Contact· published on Patrick's own website
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Cofounded Stripe, which builds programmable financial infrastructure. Cofounded the Arc Institute, which trains biology AI models and works on complex human diseases.
- Education
- Studied at MIT.
- Communities
- Grew up in Ireland. Helped start Progress Studies with Tyler Cowen. Started the New Aesthetics grant program with Tyler Cowen.
- Hobbies
- Maintains a public bookshelf cataloging the physical books he owns and posts book recommendations on Twitter. Compiled a personal Silicon Valley canon of favorite books and articles on the history of computing and Silicon Valley.
- More
- Interested in urbanism and why pleasant new cities are no longer built.
Mentioned above: the Stripe mafia →
From Patrick's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
CEO at StripeYC S09
Intro paths
Patrick went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Stripe's investors below.
Stripe's investors · 108
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Co-founders at Stripe
Founder at AuctomaticYC W07
Intro paths
Patrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2007) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Auctomatic's investors below.
Auctomatic's investors · 1
Co-founders at Auctomatic
Investments
Board seats
Meta Platforms
Investor
AbacusAlgoliaAmbitionAshbyBoom SupersonicBoom SupersonicBrightCalifornia ForeverChargehoundCruiseDraftedEsmeraldaExecHoly GrailOkayRetool
Sources: curated public sources · the investor's own website.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Patrick CollisonPatrick Collison on programming languages, AI, and Stripe's biggest engineering decisions
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On Innovation, Human Agency, and Government Spending
Cato Free Society · cato.org
A conversation with Jony Ive
Stripe
A conversation with NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang
Stripe
Craft, Beauty, & The Future of Payments
Dwarkesh Podcast · dwarkesh.com
Patrick Collison — Why Silicon Valley's most talented should leave
Dwarkesh Patel
1 more appearances
Colleagues at Stellar Development Foundation
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Patrick Collison?
- Patrick Collison co-founded Stripe with his brother John in 2010 and has run it since — a company valued at $159 billion in its February 2026 tender offer, processing $1.9 trillion of payment volume in 2025 and robustly profitable. A Limerick teenager who won Ireland's Young Scientist competition at 16 for a LISP-like programming language, he dropped out of MIT, sold his first company Auctomatic at 19, and became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 28. Beyond Stripe he co-founded the Arc Institute and Fast Grants, publishes through Stripe Press, and joined Meta's board in 2025.
- Where does Patrick Collison work?
- Patrick Collison is CEO of Stripe and Advisor at Stellar Development Foundation and Founder at Auctomatic.
- What companies did Patrick Collison found?
- Patrick Collison founded Stripe, Auctomatic.
- What boards does Patrick Collison sit on?
- Patrick Collison holds tracked board seats at Meta Platforms.
- What companies has Patrick Collison invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Abacus, Algolia, Ambition, Ashby, Boom Supersonic, Boom Supersonic, Bright, California Forever, Chargehound, Cruise, Drafted, Esmeralda, and 4 more.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Patrick Collison?
- Tracked appearances include "Patrick Collison on programming languages, AI, and Stripe's biggest engineering decisions", "On Innovation, Human Agency, and Government Spending", "A conversation with Jony Ive", and 4 more.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,638
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,492
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Stripe mafia158
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Stellar Development Foundation mafia8
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Auctomatic mafia5
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