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> be Jack Zhang > love math and physics > learn how to code at University of Melbourne > age 15: get shipped off to Australia > dad loses job, family goes bankrupt > finance day job, hustle by night > learn to sell - property deals, burger joint, wine/oil trade, Melbourne cafรฉ > within years, side-hustles pull in millions 2015 > start building Airwallex > first products flops, money lost > second product flops, money lost > third product flops even faster > cash burning fast with only 6 weeks runway > Sequoia takes a $13M bet on you 2017 > rebuild from scratch > a whole new global payments API platform > payments volume explodes > $0 โ $1B processed in one year > Stripe offers to buy you out for $1.2 BILLION > reject the offer > 2018: raise $80M Series B to scale > 2019: DST Global leads $100M Series C > Airwallex becomes a unicorn > 2025: smash all records in fintech industry > $1 Billion ARR (90% YoY growth) > $235 billlion+ payments volume > supports 200K+ businesses globally > global footprint with 25+ offices > accounts in 65+ countries > 94% of transfers arrive same-day > latest $330M Series G @ $8B valuation > backed by top VCs: Sequoia, DST Global, Square Peg, Visa Ventures, etc. Jack Zhang for you, ladies and gentlemen. Living proof legends are made, not born. Whatโs your excuse?

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