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Guillaume Pousaz
Based in : UK Company : Checkout . com Market cap : US $ 40bn
Swiss-born Guillaume Pousaz studied mathematics and economics before founding Checkout . com in 2012 . In the space of a decade , he has grown it into a fintech giant , raising more than US $ 1.8bn in funding – the last of which was a US $ 1bn Series D round in January that secured a US $ 40bn valuation . For his part , Pousaz is still modest about his fortunes , choosing to fly economy when he travels and giving money to initiatives that improve access to education .
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Pieter van der Does
Based in : Netherlands Company : Adyen Market cap : US $ 41.4bn
Adyen was founded in 2006 by a group of entrepreneurs , including Pieter van der Does , who had previously been CCO at Bibit . The Dutchman is a veteran of the payments space , leading Amsterdam-based Adyen to double-digit growth on average every year for the past 15 years . It ’ s that track record which has propelled Adyen to its most recent US $ 41bn valuation . The company employs 2,000 people , has offices around the world and processed volume of € 500bn in 2021 .
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