Square, Inc. sold by co-founder/BoD member: $29.95m-August 18
Square, Inc. (Square) is a commerce ecosystem. The Company enables its sellers start, run and grow their businesses. It combines software with hardware to enable sellers to turn mobile devices and computing devices into payments and point-of-sale solutions. Once a seller downloads the Square Point of Sale mobile application, they can take their first payment. With its offering, a seller can accept payments in person via magnetic stripe (a swipe), Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) (a dip), or Near Field Communication (NFC) (a tap); or online via Square Invoices, Square Virtual Terminal, or the seller's Website. Once on its system, sellers gain access to technology and features, such as reporting and analytics, next-day settlements, digital receipts, payment dispute management and chargeback protection, and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. On the consumer (buyer) side, Square Cash offers individuals access to a way to send and receive money. Number of employees : 3 835 people.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/SQUARE-INC-24935553/company/
Jim McKelvey-co-founder, Square
Jim McKelvey is a cofounder of Square. He also cofounded LaunchCode, a nonprofit that helps talented coders get their first jobs at top companies.
In 2009, McKelvey co-founded Square with Jack Dorsey. Professor Robert Morley designed the hardware used by Square in 2009, while McKelvey and Jack Dorsey later created a separate entity leaving Morley out of this entity's ownership. McKelvey then served as Square's chairman until 2010. Today, McKelvey sits on the Board of Directors at Square. In 2012, McKelvey teamed with other St. Louis-based serial entrepreneurs to help found Cultivation Capital. The venture capital firm manages multiple early-stage venture capital funds in software, life sciences, and agtech. Cultivation Capital was noted by Crunchbase as an active venture capital investor. McKelvey was appointed as an Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve in January 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McKelvey
other BoD members-Cap#
Randy Garutti-CEO, SHAKE SHACK
Randy Garutti is the CEO of Shake Shack. He also serves on its Board of Directors.
Mary Meeker-GENERAL PARTNER, BOND
Mary Meeker is a general partner at BOND. She co-led Kleiner Perkins’ Digital Growth Fund team, which spun out to form BOND. Previously she served as managing director and research analyst at Morgan Stanley covering emerging technology companies.
Larry Summers- FORMER SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Larry Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University. He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury
David Viniar-FORMER CFO, GOLDMAN SACHS
David Viniar served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Goldman Sachs, and is currently a member of its Board of Directors.
Paul Deighton-FORMER UK COMMERCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY
Lord Paul Deighton has served as the United Kingdom’s Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, CEO of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and a partner at Goldman Sachs.
Roelof Botha-PARTNER, SEQUOIA CAPITAL
Roelof Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital. He previously served as CFO of PayPal.
https://squareup.com/us/en/about
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