Jim McKelvey Quotes


It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.


Citations

McKelvey, Jim. Interview by Brian Feldt. "Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey Launches SixThirty." St. Louis Business Journal, 13 Aug. 2013.

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Jim McKelvey
Jim McKelvey
  • Born: October 19, 1965
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Director Square, Inc.

James Morgan McKelvey Jr. (born 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the co-founder of Square, Inc., a financial payments company. McKelvey was appointed as an Independent Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2017. As of September 2020, McKelvey is ranked by Forbes as the 378th richest person in America.