Jim McKelvey

Jim McKelvey (#2383)

Global Rank #2383

Country Rank #771

Country United States

I have this habit of starting companies, but I can't run them. If I stay around too long, I become disruptive.

$ 2 B
Mobile payments
United States
M
60 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,383

Country Rank #771

Net Worth $1.7B

Previous Worth $1.7B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Mobile payments

Age 60 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence St. Louis, Missouri

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Mobile payments

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 60

Source Of Wealth Mobile payments, Self Made

Self Made Score 8

Philanthropy Score 1

Residence St. Louis, Missouri

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 2

Education Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Washington University in St. Louis; Bachelor of Science, Washington University in St. Louis

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $1.7B

Current Net Worth $1.7B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Jim McKelvey cofounded payments firm Square with Jack Dorsey in 2009 after he had trouble selling a $2,000 art piece from his studio; the company was renamed Block in 2021. McKelvey remains on Block's board He started a new company, Invisibly, which powers micropayments for journalism and publishing. He owns nearly 5% of Block stock and has netted at least $270 million from selling Block shares over the years. A serial entrepreneur, he has started at least seven companies, ranging from a CD cabinet maker to a glass-blowing studio. He also sits on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and started a nonprofit, LaunchCode, to teach people how to program. In March 2020, he released "The Innovation Stack," a book detailing Square's battle with Amazon to create a better payments system.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#2481

Billionaires (2026)

#269

Forbes 400 (2021)

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Did You Know?

McKelvey is the author of two textbooks on computer science and one textbook called "The Art Of Fire: Beginning Glassblowing."

He hired Jack Dorsey as a teenager to be an engineering intern for his first tech company, Mira.

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Current Net Worth: $1.7B (May 4, 2026)