The co-founder and long-time CEO of Adyen , Pieter van der Does , has carved himself a place among Dutch business nobility
Pieter van der Does is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Dutch payments company Adyen . He founded the business in 2006 , long before the word ‘ fintech ’ was common parlance . A graduate of the University of Amsterdam and Harvard Business School , he worked for a couple of banks including ING and RBS before founding the business almost 17 years ago .
Back then , van der Does recognised that payment providers were offering services based on a patchwork of systems that were built on outdated infrastructure , and – together with fellow founder Arnout Schuijff , who stepped away from the business a couple of years – set about trying to change that .
In the intervening years , Adyen has experienced astronomical success . Today , it has over 3,000 employees across 27 different offices worldwide – from Amsterdam to Sydney , and San Francisco to Dubai . Its clients include household names such as Uber , Facebook , H & M and eBay , who all benefit from Adyen ’ s end-to-end payment capabilities , data enhancements and financial products all packaged into a single solution .
A diverse team comprising over 115 different nationalities helped realise € 767.5bn in processed volume last year – and its long-serving chief exec has reaped the rewards of that success over the years . Pieter van der Does is a billionaire , worth US $ 2.2bn according to
Forbes magazine . This make him the fourth richest person in the Netherlands , Forbes says ( and ‘ Schuijff ’ the third ), bettered only by a small handful of entrepreneurs and industrialists – including Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken , heiress to the beer fortune ; and Frits Goldschmeding , the founder of temping agency Randstad .
Adyen is a company in transition In February this year , it was announced that Adyen was promoting CFO Ingo Uytdehaage to the role of co-CEO – a move that was accompanied by a broader shakeup of Adyen ’ s executive team . Uytdehaage is a company veteran , having been CFO for 12 years and consequently been present for EXECUTIVE BIO
PIETER VAN DER DOES
TITLE : CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO COMPANY : ADYEN INDUSTRY : FINANCIAL SERVICES LOCATION : NETHERLANDS
Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies . By providing end-to-end payments capabilities , data-driven insights , and financial products in a single global solution , Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster .
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