Until one day Patrick selected a couple of books about the internet and computer programming — and that was that. ‘Instead of using the internet, I used to borrow books from the library about the internet,’ he once said. The brothers make billionaire Bill Gates look like a slouch, boasting a £70 billion companyWhile Patrick insists they didn’t set out to build a large company, just solve a problem — the lack of a global payment mechanism for internet trading companies — Stripe has far exceeded all expectations. ‘Oof, ratioed.’Meanwhile, as Stripe has boomed, the brothers have become a thing of tech legend. There is plenty we mere mortals can all learn from Patrick and John — follow your passions.

Source: Daily Mail March 15, 2021 22:03 UTC