Web Summit: Stripe on course to become ‘1,000-person company’

The billion-dollar US firm, Stripe, founded by Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison, is building towards a massive expansion.

John Collison, 25, was one of the headline speakers at the Web Summit yesterday, where he revealed the ongoing growth of his five-year-old internet payment firm.

“We [Patrick and I] were the first people working on Stripe and we developed a lot of the ideas, but you have to be very clear on where your own limitations are and the fact is that we are now a 300-person company and we will soon be approaching a 1,000-person company.”