Ep.546 ~ He Built a $1.4 Billion Software Company Before He Was 30 ~ Christian Owens

The CEO and Founder of Paddle.com is on the mic today and he is going to share his story of building a $1.4 Billion SaaS company before the age of 30.

At the age of 12 Christian Owens taught himself how to code and started building a software company. By the age of 16 he dropped out of highschool and scaled his invoicing software business to $4 Million Annual Recurring Revenue. As a result, he ran into a lot of tax issues. Christian then decided to start a software company to solve these problems after being told he would have to build it himself to find a solution.

So Christian founded Paddle. Paddle became a payments infrastructure for SaaS businesses, and he grew Paddle into a $1.4 Billion company before the age of 30 growing 175% year over year. Paddle, recently hit the unicorn level by raising $200 million, it has attracted developers with over $1 billion in volume and integrates Alipay, Google Pay and iDeal, empowering software companies to sell and grow globally. In 2016, Christian was named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30”.

0:00:53 Intro

0:02:43 Luxury Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs Around The World

0:04:09 Guest Introduction

0:06:35 How Christian Started To Do Business

0:08:45 What Makes Christian Different At A Young Age

0:12:24 Challenges While Bussiness Was Exponentially Growing

0:16:18 Life After Dropping Out Of School

0:20:24 Dealing With Government Taxes As A Teen

0:23:10 How To Focus On Business

0:26:35 Projection Of Business Growth

0:28:25 How To Gain Customers Being A 17-Year-Old

0:32:25 Chapters Of Paddle