When Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen co-founded Afterpay more than five years ago, no one could have expected that the company’s market valuation would be nearing $40 billion today.
Thanks to a growing global base of millennials and Gen Z customers who keep ditching their credit cards in favour of the buy now, pay later platform, Afterpay has become the new darling of Australia’s share market.
As the COVID-19 pandemic locked down much of the world and turned more people toward online shopping, Afterpay’s business and share price has continued to surge.
This modern lay-buy service red-hot with young consumers, but now also growing in use among an older cohort has turned Mr Molnar and Mr Eisen into billionaires.
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