Anthony Eisen is an Australian

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entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Afterpay. Eisen and co-founder,

Nick Molnar Nick Molnar is a FinTech entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Afterpay. Whilst attending Sydney's Moriah College, Molnar started trading jewellery on eBay. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. In August 202 ...

, a neighbour in the Sydney suburb of , started the company in 2014. Eisen attended Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the

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with a

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. He initially began working as a chartered accountant before moving into investment banking, specialising in mergers and acquisitions. In August 2021, Afterpay was acquired by Square Inc. (later renamed Block, Inc. in December 2021) for 29

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. It was reported that Eisen and Molnar will receive 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. His net worth was 1.8 billion.

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