The technologist and photographer had publicly shared his struggle with addiction.
Tristan O’Tierney said he helped launch Square"to let regular folks accept credit cards just like the big boys." He died last month at 35. By Hamza Shaban Hamza Shaban Technology reporter Email Bio Follow March 4 at 1:18 PM Tristan O’Tierney, a co-founder of the mobile payment company Square, has died after a years-long struggle with addiction. He was 35.
Square co-founders Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey hired O’Tierney to develop the company’s first mobile app in 2009. O’Tierney framed that effort in empowering and democratic terms: “I helped start a company called Square to let regular folks accept credit cards just like the big boys,” he wrote on his personal website.
In a September Twitter post, O’Tierney said his work at Square had “set me up for life,” but that his battle with addiction was taking a toll. In a statement, Square said: “Tristan was part of Square’s founding story and we are deeply saddened by his passing. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
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