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Patrick Collison
1988–Present · Co-founder & CEO of Stripe
Built his first company at 16, sold it, then co-founded Stripe with his brother and rebuilt the financial plumbing of the internet. While everyone else chased consumer apps, Collison bet on infrastructure, the boring, hard, essential layer that makes everything else possible. He reads voraciously, thinks independently, and builds things that last. A Grithosian thinks for themselves and builds the foundation others stand on.
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VIR-III-0013“I'm doing the right thing and it still isn't working out.”VIR-I-0018“I received feedback that was hard to hear, and I didn't get defensive.”APX-V-0016“I've been neglecting someone who depends on me.”DTH-X-0026“No one would notice if I just phoned the rest of it in.”VER-XIII-0047“The likes on my win started to feel better than the win itself.”VIR-III-0046“My mistake is about to land on a junior person and I could let it.”APX-V-0050“I spent my own standing to shield someone who had none, and it worked.”CTL-IX-0074“I traded a huge ambition for a smaller, truer one and I've never been more at peace.”CTL-IX-0077“My kids are grown and I've finally accepted their choices are theirs, not mine.”DTH-XII-0069“I made it, and now I'm using what I have to lift other people up.”DTH-XII-0070“I stood somewhere vast and beautiful and felt grateful just to have witnessed it.”VER-XV-0070“I separated what's actually mine to carry from the noise the feed put in my head.”
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