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Christian Owens

Examiner · DISC type sc
Founder, CEO at Clove
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Christian Owens is a serial entrepreneur, best known for founding the payments unicorn Paddle. Now, as the Founder and CEO of Clove, he is focused on disrupting the health insurance industry. He is a Thiel Fellow with a strong track record of building and scaling software companies from a young age.

Christian started his first major company, Paddle, at just 18 years old after leaving school, choosing to pursue his venture through the Thiel Fellowship instead of attending university.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Founder, CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Christian shows up

Late Adopter
Process Oriented
Overcautious

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. Being observant comes to them naturally. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Priorities

Topics Christian cares about

Health Insurance Disruption
His new venture, Clove, raised $14M in pre-seed funding to build a modern health insurance company, aiming to fix the opaque and broken nature of the industry.
SaaS Monetization
He founded and scaled Paddle, a leading payments, tax, and subscription management platform for SaaS companies, into a billion-dollar business.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Founder, CEO
Clove
4-2024
Founder
Paddle
4-2023 - 4-2024
Founder, Executive Chairman
Paddle
5-2016
Thiel Fellow
The Thiel Foundation
8-2012 - 4-2023
Founder, CEO
Paddle
In the press

Media appearances

Our investment in Clove - Air Street Press. Featured in Air Street Press (Spotify Podcast)
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Ep.546 – He Built a $1.4 Billion Software Company Before He Was 30 (featuring Christian Owens, Founder & CEO of Clove). Featured in The Business Method
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Education
Education details unavailable
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Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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