Guillaume Pousaz

Guillaume Pousaz founded Checkout.com in 2012 to solve the problem of online payment processing for shops and shoppers around the world.

In January 2022, Checkout.com raised $1 billion from private investors, valuing the company at $40 billion.

Pousaz, who is CEO of Checkout.com, owns an estimated nearly two-thirds of the London-based company.

Checkout.com benefited from the pandemic; the company says its payment processing volume tripled in 2020 from the prior year.

Pousaz, a Swiss citizen, dropped out of college to go surfing in California before working in fintech and payments.