Startup success depends on curiosity and resilience over bank experience
Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 1:28:35
Jack Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex. He reflects on why early hiring choices from traditional banks like Citibank ultimately failed at the company.
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“None of the people know, none of the people think they know how to build a startup that worked. And ultimately it's not about experience, it's about the competency, right? It's about the curiosity, the determination, about the resilience, and about the belief in the vision, about the passion.”
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