Pieter van der Does (businessman)

Pieter van der Does (born 1969) is a Dutch billionaire Internet entrepreneur, and the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adyen. As of September 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.8billion, and he owns 3% of the company.[1]

Early life

Van der Does was born in 1969 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[2] Between 1988 and 1995, he studied economics in Clark University, University of Amsterdam, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, taking breaks mountaineering in between. He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Amsterdam.

Career

Van der Does started his career at ING Netherlands as an operational manager in 1995, before leaving for Elsevier a year later.[3][4]

In 1999, Van der Does co-founded Bibit Global Payment Services, a payments startup.[3] He was chief commerce officer at Bibit until it was bought by Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004,[5] after which he was a board member until 2006.[6]

In 2006, van der Does co-founded Adyen (with Arnout Schuijff), a platform for online stores to process electronic payments.[7] Its clients came to include Spotify, Facebook, Netflix, and eBay.[7] In June 2018, after Adyen's initial public offering, the company rose to a valuation of €13.4billion (US$15.8billion).[8]

In 2020, van der Does was listed for the first time in the Forbes Billionaire list.[1]

Personal life

Van der Does is married, and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] They have a son and a daughter.[9]