Rise of Adolescent CEO's

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 23 February 2012, 02:22 IST   |    1 Comments
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John Collison, Stripe

Age: 21

Collison is the cofounder of payment company Stripe, and he was the youngest to get admitted to Y Combinator, a three month programme conducted for startups. He was admitted at the age 16 and according to Paul Graham,the co-founder of Y Combinator, “Collison didn’t go through the programme, instead he and his 19 year old brother merged their company “Auctomatic” and sold it to a Company for $5 million.