Arnout Schuijff Net Worth

Arnout Schuijff has an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Arnout Schuijff profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1.4 billion in 2019.

Arnout Schuijff is a Dutch entrepreneur known for helping build Adyen, the Amsterdam-based payments company. He worked as a systems architect at Bibit Global Payment Services from 1997 to 2004. He first worked with Pieter van der Does in 2000 at Bibit. In 2006, they started Adyen together. Schuijff later served as the company's chief technology officer and became one of the key technical figures behind its payment platform.

His wealth is tied mainly to payments software. Schuijff became a billionaire when Adyen went public in 2018. Forbes says he later sold 15% of his stake in 2019. He stepped down from Adyen's management board in 2021. After leaving Adyen, he co-founded the Amsterdam payments startup Tebi and became its chief executive. In 2024, he was also announced as the first investor in the Amsterdam ticket startup WeTicket.

How Arnout Schuijff built his fortune

Most of Schuijff's fortune comes from Adyen, the payment processing company he co-founded in 2006 with Pieter van der Does. The pair had already worked together in 2000 at Bibit, where Schuijff was a systems architect from 1997 to 2004. At Adyen, Schuijff handled the technology side as chief technology officer. That role put him at the center of the software behind the business and made him wealthy as the company grew.

A major turning point came in 2018, when Adyen went public and Schuijff became a billionaire. Forbes says he sold 15% of his stake in 2019. He later stepped down from the management board in 2021, but his career in payments did not stop there. After leaving Adyen, he co-founded Tebi in Amsterdam and became its chief executive. In 2024, he also joined WeTicket as its first investor.

What Forbes says about his net worth

Forbes tracks Schuijff in technology, with wealth tied to payments software. Its estimates moved up and down as Adyen changed over time. Forbes put him at $1.4 billion in 2019 and again in 2020. The estimate then climbed to $3.5 billion in 2021. After that, Forbes listed $2.8 billion in 2024, showing that the value did not move in a straight line from year to year.

The latest Forbes figure is $2.3 billion on its real-time billionaires tracker as of October 20, 2026. That current number sits below Forbes' $2.5 billion estimate on the 2026 World's Billionaires List. The broad picture is clear: Schuijff's fortune has come mainly from his long connection to Adyen, along with later activity in payments through Tebi and his 2024 investment in WeTicket.