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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