John Collison

Publicly criticized the corporate DEI rollback wave in May 2025: "I am baffled by all the companies doing an about-face on their social initiatives right now. Did you not actually mean it in the first place? Either don't do it, or do it and stay doing it." Stripe maintained its diversity commitments while peers like Meta, Amazon, and Google retreated.

In a May 2025 Irish Times interview, explicitly criticized the corporate DEI rollback wave: "I am baffled by all the companies doing an about-face on their social initiatives right now. Did you not actually mean it in the first place?" Framed both DEI and climate commitments as obligations companies should not abandon under political pressure.

John Collison same as Patrick. Stripe diversity efforts maintained.