Iqram Magdon-Ismail

Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Nationality American
Education University of Pennsylvania[1]

Iqram Magdon-Ismail is an American who co-founded the mobile payment service Venmo in 2009,[2] along with Andrew Kortina. Venmo was acquired for $26.2 million by Braintree in 2012,[3] and is now owned by PayPal.[4] In 2015, Venmo processed payments of $7.5 billion.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bloomberg News - http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=49609390&privcapId=83115828&previousCapId=83115828&previousTitle=Venmo%2520Inc.
  2. ↑ NY Times Mar 20, 2012 - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/after-2-years-in-beta-venmo-opens-payment-service-to-public/
  3. ↑ NY Times Aug 16, 2012 - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/payments-start-up-braintree-buys-venmo-for-26-2-million/?smid=tw-share&_r=0
  4. ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/26/paypal-acquires-payments-gateway-braintree-for-800m-in-cash/
  5. ↑ https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274949


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