2007
In 2007, John Collison founded "Shuppa" with his older brother Patrick Collison in Limerick, Ireland The company later merged with Auctomatic, which was funded by Y Combinator,and John Collison moved to Silicon Valley.
2008
Auctomatic was a software company that built tools for the eBay platform. The company was also funded by Chris Sacca. Auctomatic was acquired for $5 million in March 2008, when John Collison was 17.
2009
In 2009, Collison (having returned to finish secondary school at Castletroy College) received 8 A1 and 2 A2 grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination. He continued to study at Harvard University, commencing his studies in September 2009. John Collison is a pilot and a pianist.
2010
In 2010, John Collison co-founded Stripe, which received backing from Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Sequoia Capital.
2016
In November 2016, the Collison brothers (John Collison and Patrick Collison) became the world's youngest self-made billionaires, worth at least $1.1 billion, after an investment in Stripe from CapitalG and General Catalyst valued the company at $9.2 billion. In the same year, 2016, John Collison was ranked by Forbes the 15th in the list America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40.
2018
In September 2018, Stripe announced a $245 million funding round that valued the business at $20.25 billion.
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Collison