Co-founder of fair pearl Adyen says goodbye | Financial

“After fourteen years of building Adyen, it is time to grant the next phase to a new generation of highly talented technicians,” says Schuijff of his departure. In 2006 he was at the basis of the AEX company, which handles digital payments for large companies such as Facebook, Uber and L’Oréal.

Schuijff is a major shareholder at Adyen. After the impressive ride up of the share since the IPO in 2018, he can call himself more than a billionaire. This year alone, Adyen’s share price has doubled, supported by the strong increase in enthusiasm to buy products online following the outbreak of the corona crisis.

According to CEO Pieter van der Does, Schuijff’s departure is “bittersweet.” “Without Arnout we would not have gotten as far as where we are now.”

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