Arnout Schuijff

Born 1967 · Age 58

Dutch internet entrepreneur; co-founder and former CTO of Adyen; later co-founder & CEO of payments startup Tebi. Billionaire after Adyen IPO; investor in Amsterdam startups.

Total Events

Career Span

58 years

Peak Net Worth

$3,500,000,000

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Life & Career Timeline

1967Age 0

Born

Arnout Schuijff was born in the Netherlands.

1/1/1967Source

Confidence

99%

1997Age 30

Joined Bibit Global Payment Services

Began working as a systems architect at Bibit Global Payment Services.

1/1/1997Source

Confidence

95%

2004Age 37

Left Bibit Global Payment Services

Ended tenure as systems architect at Bibit (1997–2004).

1/1/2004Source

Confidence

95%

2006Age 39

Co-founded Adyen

Co-founded payment company Adyen with Pieter van der Does and others.

1/1/2006Source

Confidence

99%

2006Age 39

Appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Adyen

Served as Adyen's co-founder and CTO (later described as former CTO after departure).

1/1/2006Source

Confidence

98%

2012Age 45

Built first sales app for a bar (side project)

Hacked together a sales app for a bar-owner friend — a side project that later influenced Tebi.

1/1/2012Source

Confidence

90%

2016Age 49

Major Forbes profile on Adyen

Forbes published a profile highlighting Adyen's growth and major customers (Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Facebook).

1/20/2016Source

Confidence

85%

2018Age 51

Adyen IPO

Adyen went public in June 2018 (IPO).

6/1/2018Source

Confidence

98%

2018Age 51

Held 6.4% stake in Adyen at IPO

At the time of the IPO Arnout's stake in Adyen was reported as 6.4%, which made him a billionaire.

6/1/2018Net Worth: $1,000,000,000Source

Confidence

85%

2018Age 51

Co-founders' IPO stake valuations reported

At IPO Pieter van der Does held 4.8% (reported value ~$800M) and Joost Schuijff had a stake valued at ~$500M — context to the IPO wealth distribution.

6/1/2018Source

Confidence

80%

2018Age 51

Became a billionaire (public report)

Media reported Arnout Schuijff became a billionaire following Adyen's IPO.

6/1/2018Net Worth: $1,000,000,000Source

Confidence

88%

2020Age 53

Left Adyen (stopped serving as CTO)

Stepped down / left Adyen in 2020 (described as former CTO thereafter).

1/1/2020Source

Confidence

95%

2021Age 54

Co-founded Tebi (Amsterdam)

Co-founded Tebi, an Amsterdam-based payments & operations startup targeting hospitality & retail; named CEO.

1/1/2021Net Worth: $3,500,000,000Source

Confidence

80%

2021Age 54

Appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tebi

Takes on CEO role at Tebi after co-founding.

1/1/2021Net Worth: $3,500,000,000Source

Confidence

90%

2021Age 54

Forbes billionaire ranking (snapshot)

As of 2021 Forbes ranked Arnout #859 on the billionaires list and reported net worth about US$3.5 billion.

3/1/2021Net Worth: $3,500,000,000Source

Confidence

95%

2024Age 57

First investor in WeTicket

Announced in May 2024 that Arnout joined as the first investor in Amsterdam-based ticket startup WeTicket.

5/1/2024Net Worth: $3,500,000,000Source

Confidence

95%

2024Age 57

Tebi raises €20M Series A (Index Ventures lead)

Tebi announced a €20 million Series A round led by Index Ventures (first institutional investment since founding).