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Shift4

Shift4 Payments, Inc. is an American payment processing company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company, founded in 1999 by the then 16-year-old Jared Isaacman, processes payments for over 200,000 businesses in the retail, hospitality, leisure, and restaurant industries. Shift4 specializes in commerce technology such as mobile payment software and…

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Founded
1999; 27 years ago (1999) (as United Bank Card)
Industry
Financial services
Headquarters
Center Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area served
Canada · Europe · United Kingdom · United States
Founder
Jared Isaacman
Key people
Taylor Lauber (CEO)

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Shift4

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples29
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Shift4

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related to External links · 5
Shift4 → AustraliaShift4 New ZealandBusiness, GoogleSEC, Inc, Official, Shift4 Payments
Area served · 4
Shift4 → Canada, Europe, United Kingdom, United States
related to Services · 3
Shift4 → In, It, The
Traded as · 2
Shift4 → NYSE: FOUR (Class A), S&P 400 component
Founded · 1
Shift4 → 1999; 27 years ago (1999) (as United Bank Card)
Founder · 1
Shift4 → Jared Isaacman
Headquarters · 1
Shift4 → Center Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Industry · 1
Shift4 → Financial services
Key people · 1
Shift4 → Taylor Lauber (CEO)
Net income · 1
Shift4 → US$230 million (2024)

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company payment card payments new isaacman processing inc services announced united pennsylvania founded one rebranded 2017 acquired corporation software 2020

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shift4Area servedCanada1.00infobox
Shift4Area servedEurope1.00infobox
Shift4Area servedUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Shift4Area servedUnited States1.00infobox
Shift4Founded1999; 27 years ago (1999) (as United Bank Card)1.00infobox
Shift4FounderJared Isaacman1.00infobox
Shift4HeadquartersCenter Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.1.00infobox
Shift4IndustryFinancial services1.00infobox
Shift4Key peopleTaylor Lauber (CEO)1.00infobox
Shift4Net incomeUS$230 million (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4Number of employees~4,000 (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4Operating incomeUS$247 million (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4RevenueUS$3.33 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4Total assetsUS$5.04 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4Total equityUS$1.02 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Shift4Traded asNYSE: FOUR (Class A)1.00infobox
Shift4Traded asS&P 400 component1.00infobox
Shift4TypePublic1.00infobox
Shift4Websiteshift4.com1.00infobox

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