Andrew Kortina

Andrew Kortina is a New York City-based entrepreneur best known for co-founding the company Venmo with Iqram Magdon-Ismail.[1] Venmo was acquired by Braintree in 2012,[2] and is now part of PayPal.[3]

Career

Kortina studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he met his future Venmo co-founder when they were randomly paired as freshman roommates.[4] The pair founded Venmo in 2009 with the goal of letting users exchange money via SMS and smartphones.[5] In 2010, the pair was named to Inc Magazine's 30under30.[6] Prior to Venmo, Andrew Kortina worked at bit.ly and OMGPop,[7] which was later acquired by Zynga.[8] As a technologist, he has participated in the Rhizome Seven on Seven.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Robehmed, Natalie (July 2, 2013). "Venmo: The Future Of Payments For You And Your Company". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (August 16, 2012). "Braintree a Payments Company Buys Venmo for $26.2 Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bensinger, Greg (September 26, 2013). "EBay to Buy Braintree for $800 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dell, Lauren (February 2, 2011). "Andrew Kortina And Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Venmo: 27 Million And Counting". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ Carr, Austin (October 14, 2013). "VENMO'S SOCIAL, INCREASINGLY HILARIOUS PAYMENTS COMMUNITY". Fast Company. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ Fenn, Donna (July 19, 2010). "Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Founders of Venmo". Inc Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ D'Onfro, Jillian (June 4, 2014). "13 Fascinating Things We Learned About Payments Company Venmo From Its Founder". Business Insider. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ McBride, Sarah (March 21, 2012). "Zynga buys OMGPOP games company for $200 million: source". reuters. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Studstil, Kyle (May 27, 2010). "PSFK Speaks With Andrew Kortina of Venmo". PSFK. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Schonfield, Erick (May 13, 2010). "The New Museum Brings Together Seven Artists With Seven Engineers". Techcrunch. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

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