057 Jim McKelvey is the Co-founder of Square. Prior to founding Square he was a glassblowing artist, recovering computer scientist, Twitter and Square’s co-founder Jack Dorsey’s former boss and long time friend. Currently he is the founder of Invisibly, LaunchCode and Third Degree Glass Factory and Co-founder and General Partner at FINTOP Capital. He also serves as the Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and is on the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis.
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