Founder Profile
Pieter van der Does
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Pieter van der Does?
Pieter van der Does is a founder of Adyen N.V., which was founded in 2006 with Arnout Schuijff.
- Company founded
- Adyen N.V.
- Founded
- 2006
- Co-founders
- Arnout Schuijff
Background
Dutch entrepreneur and former Chief Commercial Officer at Bibit.
Founding Story
Pieter van der Does co-founded Adyen in 2006. Leveraging his massive experience from building his previous payments startup (Bibit), he served as Adyen's CEO, aggressively targeting highly complex, multinational tech companies (like Uber and Netflix) that desperately needed a unified global payment processor. He successfully led the company to a massive €7 billion IPO in 2018. Pieter van der Does was born in 1969.
Sources
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- Adyen Annual Report 2025 (Adyen N.V.)
- Adyen H2 2025 Financial Results (Adyen N.V.)