36. Billy Robins, business development, PayNearMe When Billy Robins was a banker at Wells Fargo & Co., but a few weeks ago, he wore t-shirts and jeans. Now that he’s in business development at cutting-edge startup PayNearMe, he sports a suit. What gives? Robins also served as an advisor to BankOns, now a part of Capital One. While Robins is clearly a big plus for PayNearMe, which closes the payments loop, bringing cash into the digital payments world, his greatest strength is in his wide industry network and innate curiosity about the future of banking. Which is why you’ll invariably catch him at random Meetups around San Francisco. Wearing jeans. 37. Mike Maples, Jr., Managing Partner, Floodgate Fund Mike Maples started a software company in high school and went on to earn an engineering degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Despite these unpromising beginnings, his Floodgate Fund is the wind beneath the wings of such innovative financial services startups as BancBox, PayNearMe and (close to our heart) Giftly. 38. Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder, Stripe Patrick Collison is a CEO at the age of just 25, and it’s not even his first go-round. He also [...]
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