Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018)
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Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded and sold their first company before they turned 20.
They created software to help eBay users manage inventory online, which set them on a path to help make e-commerce frictionless.
Today, John and Patrick are the founders of Stripe, a software company that used just a few lines of code to power the payment system of companies like Lyft, Warby Parker, and Target.
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