Airwallex is the most insane story in startups. Jack Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, one of the world’s fastest-growing global payments and financial infrastructure companies. Since founding the company in 2015, Jack has scaled Airwallex to over $100B in annual payment volume, $360M in run-rate gross profit, and a global team of 1,500+ employees. Under his leadership, Airwallex has raised over $900M from investors including Square Peg, Lone Pine, and Tencent. ---------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:03 From Lemon Factory and Petrol Station to Billionaire: The Early Days 11:39 $5M Side Hustle While Working Full-time: How Jack Did It 23:14 Failing Three Times Before Product-Market-Fit 30:22 The Term Sheet That Got Pulled and Lost Matrix $1BN 35:28 Why We Rejected Stripe’s $1.2BN Acquisition Offer 51:37 0-$1B Transaction Volume in 9 Months: How Shein Saved Airwallex 01:15:52 When COVID Hit, They Lost 50% of Revenue Overn...