#TechCEO: Meet Checkout.com Founder Guillaume Pausaz | Europe’s Richest FinTech Entrepreneur

Checkout.com founder and CEO, Guillaume Pousaz, is now the richest financial technology entrepreneur in the entire European region.

Checkout.com Founder Guillaume Pausaz

As per a news story by Forbes, the monumental feat of the Swiss billionaire comes after the latest fundraising of his London-based payments firm, known as Checkout.com.

Pausaz founded the payments company, Checkout.com, way back in 2012. The firm has grown significantly since then, which now employs more than 1,600 staffers from 19 various countries.

The company that Pousaz founded is now valued at a whopping $40 billion due to its latest fundraising. Checkout.com has amassed a hefty $1 billion of funding from its investors.

Checkout.com's Guillaume Pousaz Net Worth

According to the estimates of Forbes, the founder, and CEO of Checkout.com, Pousaz, owns at least two-thirds of the London-based payments firm.

That said, the net worth of its Checkout.com founder has ballooned to a staggering estimate of $23 billion.

The net worth of Pousaz has doubled from the previous estimates of Forbes before that latest funding for Checkout.com, which back then was only to the tune of $9 billion.

Guillaume Pousaz Beginnings

As per the bio page of Pousaz on the website of Checkout.com, Pousaz grew up in Switzerland with a special liking for both logic and creativity, such as numbers, technology, and street art.

As such, his fintech firm nowadays flaunts tons of street art on the walls of its offices to showcase his love for it, along with the apparent existence of both numbers and tech in his company.

On top of that, the founder of Checkout.com initially dreamed of having a career as an investment banker.

However, the now-entrepreneur decided not to pursue his college degree. Instead, he dropped out and went on to live a life surfing the ocean waves of California.

He also used to work at the International Payments Consultants for a while, but he later left to pursue his own startup firm.

Checkout.com

According to a report by CNBC, the fintech firm of Pousaz, despite being a startup, has existed for seven years without any funding from other investors.

However, the latest fundraising events of Checkout.com have propelled the firm to become one of the most valuable fintech companies across the globe.

The fintech firm now prides itself to provide payment processing systems for various tech giants, such as Sony, Netflix, and Grab.

Not to mention that its list of clients also includes crypto massive exchange platforms, including Crypto.com and Coinbase.

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Written by Teejay Boris