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Company · Fintech

Square

Payments and financial services company, parent renamed Block.

Public Founded 2009 San Francisco USA Fintech
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Founders

3
J
Jack Dorsey
Co-founder & CEO
 J
Jim McKelvey
Co-founder
 M
Masashi Miyamoto
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

2

The companies and labs that produced Square’s founders.

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The Square diaspora

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People who worked at or founded Square and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of SquareSquareSquareJack DorseyJack DorseyX.comX.comTwitterTwitterCash AppCash AppBluesky Social PBCBluesky Social PBCDaniele PeritoDaniele PeritoFaireFairedepthfirstdepthfirstIan WongIan WongOpendoorOpendoorSummationSummationJim McKelveyJim McKelveyCash AppCash AppMADEMADEKeith RaboisKeith RaboisOpendoorOpendoorOpenStoreOpenStoreNathan McCauleyNathan McCauleyAnchorage DigitalAnchorage DigitalAnchorageAnchorageBrian GrassadoniaBrian GrassadoniaCash AppCash AppDavid ByttowDavid ByttowSecretSecretJeff KolovsonJeff KolovsonFaireFaireJeffrey KolovsonJeffrey KolovsonFaireFaireMarcelo CortesMarcelo CortesFaireFaireMax RhodesMax RhodesFaireFairePeter MattisPeter MattisCockroach LabsCockroach LabsSean YuSean YuBridgeBridge
The Square lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
B 1 founded
Cash App 2013
D 2 founded
Faire 2017 depthfirst
D 1 founded
Secret 2013
I 2 founded
Opendoor 2014 Summation
J 6 founded
X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Cash App 2013 Bluesky Social PBC 2021 Bluesky 2021 Omacom Foundation 2026
J 1 founded
Faire 2017
J 1 founded
Faire 2017
J 2 founded
Cash App 2013 MADE
K 2 founded
Opendoor 2014 OpenStore
M 1 founded
Faire 2017
M 1 founded
Faire 2017
N 2 founded
Anchorage Digital 2017 Anchorage 2017
P 1 founded
Cockroach Labs 2015
S 1 founded
Bridge 2022
Z 1 founded
Bridge 2022

Acquisitions

1
W
Weebly
USA
Acquired YC W07Founded 2006

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