GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - Global-wide
Jon M Zieger of Stripe
Jon Zieger joined fintech startup Stripe as its general counsel in January 2012, less than two years after its inception, after having risen to the position of associate general counsel at Microsoft. In the time since, he has led a legal team which has seen the rapidly growing payments platform receive over USD780 million in funding over six financing rounds, boasting a USD22.5 billion valuation after the completion of its Series E round in early 2019. Zieger handles a broad spectrum of legal, compliance and governmental affairs issues for the company, including oversight over litigation, transactional work, regulatory issues and its broad spectrum of commercial agreements, with vendors such as Amazon, Google, Uber, Slack and Deliveroo having signed deals to use its payments technology platform. Zieger also leads a team aiding the company in its global expansion plans, to add to its existing operations in Western Europe, Northern America, Brazil, India, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.