Guillaume Pousaz

Guillaume Pousaz is a Swiss entrepreneur and CEO and founder of payment platform Checkout.com.[1]

Guillaume Pousaz
Born
Guillaume Pousaz
NationalitySwiss
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder of Checkout.com

Early life and education

Pousaz studied mathematical engineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne, before enrolling in an economics bachelor's degree at HEC Lausanne.[2]

Pousaz initially wanted to become an investment banker, but dropped out of university in 2005 when his father got cancer. He then moved to California to become a surfer.[3]

Career

In 2006, Pousaz joined payments company International Payments Consultants (IPC) but left to found his own business.[4][2]

In 2007, Pousaz set up NetMerchant, a US to Europe money transfer service, with IPC's head of sales. The company ran until 2009.[2]

In 2009, Pousaz purchased Mauritius-based SMS Pay for $300,000 over a three-year period.[2]

Pousaz founded Opus Payments in Singapore in 2009, which enabled businesses in Hong Kong to process payments from buyers around the world.[2]

Opus Payments rebranded and became Checkout.com in 2012. The company was founded to solve the problem of online payment processing for merchants and their customers.[4][5]

In 2019, Checkout.com raised $230 million in funding. At the time, this was the largest Series A funding round ever for a European fintech company.[6]

In January 2021, Checkout.com raised a further $450 million at a valuation of $15 billion. As a result, Forbes estimated Pousaz's net worth to be $9 billion.[2][5] [7]

Pousaz is the CEO of Checkout.com and owns an estimated two-thirds of the company.[1]

Pousaz set up a personal investment firm, Zinial Growth, in May of 2021. The firm has invested in e-commerce start-ups Ziina and Wayflyer and blockchain firm Snickerdoodle Labs.[8]

Personal life

Pousaz lives in Dubai, is married and has three children.[2]

References
  1. "Guillaume Pousaz". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. Shead, Sam. "Guillaume Pousaz: The Jet-Setting Founder Of $2 Billion Payment Startup Checkout.com". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  3. Kelly, Liam. "Checkout.com's quiet surfer rides a lucrative fintech wave". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  4. León, Riley de (2021-07-15). "Checkout.com founder Guillaume Pousaz on fintech's gold rush, cryptocurrency, and profitability". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  5. Dawkins, David. "Checkout.com's Guillaume Pousaz Emerges As One Of Europe's Leading Billionaire Fintech Founders". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  6. "Checkout.com raises Europe's biggest ever early-stage funding round". Growth Business. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  7. "Checkout.com significantly increases valuation to $15 billion with another funding round". www.engineerability.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  8. "Checkout.com CEO Worth $8 Billion Builds Family Office for Tech Bets". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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