Portrait of Adriaan Mol

Rank #2754

Adriaan Mol

Net worth $1.4B

Fintech · Netherlands

Born
Mar 14, 1984
Age
42
Source
Fintech
Residence
Amsterdam
Citizenship
Netherlands
Marital status
In Relationship
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Mol is the founder, CEO, and a large shareholder of Dutch payment service provider Mollie.
  • The unicorn raised an $800 million Series C round in 2021 at a valuation of $6.5 billion.
  • But it was valued at just over $2 billion in late 2025 after it agreed to acquire fintech company GoCardless in an all-stock deal.
  • Mol was never interested in school and began programming at the age of 14.
  • He is also the cofounder of cloud communications company MessageBird, and runs a family investment office called Spacetime.
  • Mol comes from a family of artists and his father, Pieter Laurens Mol, has been represented in numerous collections around the world, including the MoMA in New York.
  • Mol once accidentally hacked into a South African telecom operator that allowed him to send text messages to his friends for free.