Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison (#159)

Global Rank #159

Country Rank #1

Country Ireland

Patrick Collison is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 18 B
Payment software
Ireland
M
37 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #159

Country Rank #1

Net Worth $17.5B

Previous Worth $17.5B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Ireland

Industry Payment software

Age 37 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship Ireland

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Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 37

Source Of Wealth Payment software, Self Made

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship Ireland

Marital Status Married

Education Drop Out, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $17.5B

Current Net Worth $17.5B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Patrick Collison is the cofounder and CEO of Stripe, a company that lets businesses and individuals accept payments over the internet. Private investors valued Stripe at $159 billion in February 2026. Patrick and his brother John hatched the idea for Stripe while both were in college in Cambridge at MIT. Patrick handles engineering and serves as the public face of the company. An avid reader, Collison keeps hundreds of books on his shelves on topics including physics, feminism and literary criticism.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#162

Billionaires (2026)

Ranked

30 Under 30 - Hall of Fame (2022)

Ranked

30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology (2014)

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Did You Know?

The Collison brothers became teenage millionaires in 2008 when they sold their company Auctomatic to Live Current Media for $5 million.

Patrick and John took up coding as kids, competing against each other to master the craft.

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Current Net Worth: $17.5B (May 4, 2026)