Stephen Pair

Stephen Pair is the co-founder and CEO of BitPay, the world's leading provider of blockchain payment technology.

Born and raised in the state of Georgia, his upbringing mostly took place in the city of Roswell. He is a graduate of Forsyth Central High School.

Stephen Pair lives with his wife and kids in Atlanta, Georgia.

After high school he attended Georgia Institute of Technology where he studied Computer science.

After college he worked for IBM and eventually became the Senior Software engineer and development manager.

In 2011, Stephen co-founded BitPay with Tony Gallippi because he saw Bitcoin's potential to transform payments for businesses and consumers. As CEO, Stephen is involved in directing the day to day operations as well as the long-term vision of BitPay, from research and engineering to product development and information technology.

Stephen has 20 years of experience building software systems in the financial and telecommunications industries. Before founding BitPay, Stephen held various roles including entrepreneur, architect, manager, team lead and developer. He started programming at a young age and spent much of his early career focused on languages, compilers, operating systems and virtual machines. Later, he developed an interest in the mechanics of financial markets, economics, and monetary systems as well as developments in cryptography.

Stephen has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds two patents in the field of streaming analytics.