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Airwallex leadership voted 90% against Stripe acquisition offer

Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 1:04:38

Jack Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, describes the internal vote among senior leadership when considering a $1.2B acquisition offer from Stripe.

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“It's surprisingly only one people wanted to sell. Like literally like, 90% of people said, you know, they think we can build a bigger business.”

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