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Patrick Collison CEO of :
Stripe Company valuation : $ 95bn
The 32-year-old Irish billionaire is the co-founder of Stripe , which he launched in 2010 with his younger brother John . Born in Dromineer , Ireland , Collison has always had an enquiring and a highly academic disposition . In 2005 , at the age of 16 , he won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition and was also named BT Young Scientist of the Year . Stripe , which is now listed as the leading global , ecommerce payment solution , was valued in March at a staggering $ 95bn . The company isn ’ t Collison ’ s first attempt at brilliance either . He was also the brains behind Auctomatic and Croma .
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