Anthony Eisen

Anthony Eisen is an Australian FinTech entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Afterpay. Eisen and co-founder, Nick Molnar, a neighbour in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, started the company in 2014.

Anthony Eisen
Born1972 (age 50–51)
NationalityAustralian
EducationSydney Grammar School
Alma materUNSW Sydney
OccupationFinTech entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Afterpay
SpouseSamantha Eisen

Eisen attended Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Commerce. He initially began working as a chartered accountant before moving into investment banking, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.[1]

In August 2021, Afterpay was acquired by Square Inc. (later renamed Block, Inc. in December 2021) for US$29 billion.[2] It was reported that Eisen and Molnar will receive US$2.7 billion in Square stock for their Afterpay shares and, post-settlement, they will jointly lead Afterpay’s merchant and consumer businesses inside Square.[3][4]

His net worth was US$1.8 billion.[5][6][7][8][9][2]

References
  1. Gautam, Aditya (2021). "Anthony Eisen: 10 Richest Australian Tech Entrepreneurs: Australian Billionaires". Elegant Media. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. Waters, Cara (2 August 2021). "Move over, Macquarie: Afterpay the new millionaires factory after blockbuster Square deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Shapiro, Jonathan; Eyers, James (2 August 2021). "'Perfect partner': Square buys Afterpay in $39b deal". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Block, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Afterpay" (Press release). Block, Inc. 31 January 2022.
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  8. Wagner, Kurt. "Square to Buy Afterpay for $29 Billion to Tap Younger Users". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. "Anthony Eisen". www.bloomberg.com.


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