Anthony Eisen

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Anthony Eisen
Born1972 (age 50–51)
NationalityAustralian
Education Sydney Grammar School
Alma mater UNSW Sydney
Occupation FinTech entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Afterpay
SpouseSamantha 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 Rose Bay, started the company in 2014.

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Background and career

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 US$29  billion. [2] It was reported that Eisen and Molnar received US$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. [3] [4]

Personal life

Eisen is married to Samantha, an interior designer. [5] It was reported that the couple own properties in Toorak [6] and Byron Bay. [7]

His net worth was assessed as US$1.8 billion.[ when? ] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [2] As of May 2023, The Australian Financial Review assessed Eisen's net worth at A$1.26 billion on the 2023 Rich List. [13]

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)Rank Net worth (US$)
2020 [14] 51Increase2.svg$1.86  billion Increase2.svg
2021 [15] 38Increase2.svg$2.66 billion Increase2.svg
202291Decrease2.svg$1.50 billion Decrease2.svg
2023 [13] 112Decrease2.svg$1.26 billion Decrease2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year

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References

  1. ↑ Gautam, Aditya (2021). "Anthony Eisen: 10 Richest Australian Tech Entrepreneurs: Australian Billionaires". Elegant Media. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Waters, Cara (2 August 2021). "Move over, Macquarie: Afterpay the new millionaires factory after blockbuster Square deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Jonathan; Eyers, James (2 August 2021). "'Perfect partner': Square buys Afterpay in $39b deal". Financial Review . Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Block, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Afterpay" (Press release). Block, Inc. 31 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Bazika, Natasha (4 August 2022). "Tour an interior designer's colourful Brighton home that nods to its coastal postcode". Vogue Living . Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Redman, Elizabeth (17 December 2022). "Afterpay boss' quiet $26 million buy caps benchmark year for Toorak". The Age . Melbourne. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Macken, Lucy (31 May 2023). "Afterpay's Anthony Eisen buys $23 million Byron Bay house". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Anthony Eisen". Forbes.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Eisen". Business News.
  10. ↑ "Anthony Eisen". ICMI.
  11. ↑ Wagner, Kurt. "Square to Buy Afterpay for $29 Billion to Tap Younger Users". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Anthony Eisen". www.bloomberg.com.
  13. 1 2 Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  14. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed" . The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 28 May 2021.


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