Jim McKelvey
Entrepreneur, inventor and Square co-founder
Jim McKelvey is an entrepreneur and inventor who co-founded the payments company Square, now called Block, Inc. He is the author of The Innovation Stack.
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American Born 1965 in St. Louis, United States
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About Jim McKelvey
Jim McKelvey co-founded Square in 2009, and the company was later renamed Block, Inc. In 2016 he founded Invisibly, a company built around micropayments for online content. Before going into business, he worked as a glass artist. In January 2017, he joined the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, serving as an independent director. He has also served as a board director at Emerson Electric. His book in our catalog is The Innovation Stack.