A 1987 interview with the then U.S. Senator from Delaware, now presidential hopeful
Joe Biden gave his first ever interview to an Irish publication in April, 1987 when he talked to
Niall O’Dowd and revealed, for the first time in print, his passion for his Irish heritage, the story of his extraordinary Irish Catholic family, and his ambition, even back in 1987, to run for the White House.
We are pleased to bring you that interview, from Irish America’s
archives, in its entirety.
April, 1987: Senator Joseph Finnegan-Biden, head of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, is one of a handful of people who can realistically aspire to the presidency of the United States.
Interview: Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe
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In addition to being a friend and a Noahpinion subscriber, Patrick Collison is one of the world’s most successful founder-CEOs. Along with his co-founder and brother John, he built online payments company Stripe into a $36 billion behemoth in a decade. (Patrick and John hail from Ireland, continuing the hallowed tradition of Irish immigrants making it big in America.)
But in addition to being an ace businessperson, Patrick is one of the most intellectually curious human beings I’ve ever met. Hanging out with Patrick will typically always involve him asking you to explain ideas in your area of specialization, which he will typically grasp with unusual alacrity; at least once, he threw a party that consisted of people giving him seminar talks on topics of their choice! His biggest intellectual interest is the idea of technological progress what it means, why it happens, and how to encourage more of it. Among his