Jack Zhang would have made $3B accepting Stripe's 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 1:02:35
Jack Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, reflects on turning down Stripe's 2018 acquisition offer and the equity value he passed up.
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“If I know Stripe gonna get to a hundred billion, I mean, I will probably make, like, at least three billion dollars.”
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