William Hockey - Building the Operating System for the Dollar and Silicon Valley Heresy
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Published
- March 17, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 10m
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- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses business, investing, technology.
Summary
William Hockey is the co-founder of Plaid and the founder and CEO of Column, a software company that owns a bank and powers Ramp, Wise, Bilt, Mercury, and others. He funded Column by borrowing against his Plaid shares and has never raised outside capital. William talks about what owning 100% of his company allows him to do that other venture-backed founde…
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William Hockey is the co-founder of Plaid and the founder and CEO of Column, a software company that owns a bank and powers Ramp, Wise, Bilt, Mercury, and others. He funded Column by borrowing against his Plaid shares and has never raised outside capital. William talks about what owning 100% of his company allows him to do that other venture-backed founder cannot and the personal risk he took to do so. He shares how Silicon Valley's consensus culture produces consensus founders, and why becoming
Themes
- business
- investing
- technology