Pieter van der Does (businessman)

Pieter van der Does
Van der Does in 2015
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
EducationUniversity of Amsterdam
OccupationInternet entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder and CEO, Adyen
Children2

Pieter van der Does (born 1969) is a Dutch billionaire Internet entrepreneur, and the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adyen. As of September 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.8 billion, and he owns 3% of the company.[1]

Early life

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Van der Does was born in 1969 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[2][3] Between 1988 and 1995, he studied economics in Clark University, University of Amsterdam, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, taking breaks mountaineering in between.[4][2] He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Amsterdam.[5]

Career

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Van der Does started his career at ING Netherlands as an operational manager in 1995, before leaving for Elsevier a year later.[2][4][6]

In 1999, Van der Does co-founded Bibit Global Payment Services, a payments startup.[2][4] He was chief commerce officer at Bibit until it was bought by Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004,[7] after which he was a board member until 2006.[5]

In 2006, van der Does co-founded Adyen (with Arnout Schuijff), a platform for online stores to process electronic payments.[8] Its clients came to include Spotify, Facebook, Netflix, and eBay.[8] In June 2018, after Adyen's initial public offering, the company rose to a valuation of €13.4 billion (US$15.8 billion).[9]

In 2020, van der Does was listed for the first time in the Forbes Billionaire list.[1]

Personal life

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Van der Does is married, and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] They have a son and a daughter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Forbes profile: Pieter van der Does". Forbes. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rabbit, Frits (1 October 2015). "Berggeit in spijkerbroek gruwt van bankencultuur" [Mountain goat in jeans abhors banking culture]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). ISSN 1388-4425. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ van de Belt, Bastian (14 December 2023). "Alles over Adyen-oprichter Pieter van der Does" [All about Adyen founder Pieter van der Does]. Quote (in Dutch). ISSN 0920-8275. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Bertoni, Steven (20 January 2016). "Meet Adyen: The Little-Known Unicorn Collecting Cash For Netflix, Uber, Spotify and Facebook". Forbes. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b Butcher, Mike (13 July 2018). "Pieter van der Does of Adyen joins us at Disrupt Berlin in November". TechCrunch.
  6. ^ Duke, Simon (13 February 2021). "Processing payments in a world where 'going Dutch' now means going digital". The Times. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  7. ^ Shen, Lucinda (3 May 2023). "Expert Voices: Adyen isn't anti-M&A, says CEO". Axios.
  8. ^ a b Kharpal, Arjun (June 13, 2018). "Adyen IPO: Everything you need to know about the $8 billion fintech company". CNBC. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  9. ^ Kharpal, Arjun (June 13, 2018). "PayPal rival Adyen surges 90 percent in IPO with valuation topping $15 billion". CNBC. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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