Anthony Eisen | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Occupation: | FinTech entrepreneur |
Known For: | Co-founder of Afterpay |
Education: | Sydney Grammar School |
Alma Mater: | UNSW Sydney |
Spouse: | Samantha Eisen |
Anthony Eisen is an Australian FinTech entrepreneur and is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Afterpay. Eisen and co-founder, Nick Molnar, a neighbour in the Sydney suburb of, started the company in 2014.
Eisen attended Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Commerce. He initially began working as a chartered accountant before moving into investment banking, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.[1]
In August 2021, Afterpay was acquired by Square Inc. (later renamed Block, Inc. in December 2021) for 29 billion. It was reported that Eisen and Molnar received 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.[2] [3]
Eisen is married to Samantha, an interior designer.[4] It was reported that the couple own properties in [5] and Byron Bay.[6]
His net worth was assessed as 1.8 billion.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12], The Australian Financial Review assessed Eisen's net worth at 1.26 billion on the 2023 Rich List.
Year | Financial Review Rich List | Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | |||
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2020[13] | |||||
2021[14] | $2.66 billion | ||||
2022 | $1.50 billion | ||||
2023[15] | $1.26 billion |
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