History of Stripe
Founded in Palo Alto, California, in 2010, Stripe was first established by John and Patrick Collison, two Irish business brothers who now hold the positions of president and chief executive officer, respectively. In 2011, the startup was given a total investment of $2 million, which included donations from Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, the creator of PayPal, Irish entrepreneur Liam Casey, and venture capital companies Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and SV Angel.