Founder Profile
John Collison
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is John Collison?
John Collison is a founder of Stripe, Inc., which was founded in 2010 with Patrick Collison.
- Company founded
- Stripe, Inc.
- Founded
- 2010
- Co-founders
- Patrick Collison
Background
John Collison co-founded Auctomatic with his brother as a teenager and later studied at Harvard University before leaving to co-found Stripe in 2010.
Founding Story
John Collison is Stripe's co-founder and President. He has focused on Stripe's commercial expansion, large-customer relationships and partnerships with banks and card networks. He remains President of Stripe as of 2026 and co-signs the company's annual letter with Patrick Collison.
John Collison was born in 1990 in Limerick.
Collison was born in August 1990 and is Irish. He is president of Stripe, and in 2016 he was the youngest self-made billionaire.