Tristan O’Tierney, a co-founder of the mobile payment company Square, has died after a years-long struggle with addiction. He was 35.
. Pamela Tierney told the newspaper that her son’s Feb. 23 death was related to his addiction: “I know he got to the hospital, he couldn’t breathe and they couldn’t revive him,” she said.O’Tierney is the second prominent tech leader in recent months to die suddenly. Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the gaming app HQ Trivia and the now-defunct video app Vine,Square co-founders Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey hired O’Tierney to develop the company’s first mobile app in 2009.
O’Tierney was based in Los Angeles and had also served as the director of mobile at Voteraide, a civic engagement network known as “the LinkedIn for politics,” according to his LinkedIn page. In a statement, Square said: “Tristan was part of Square’s founding story and we are deeply saddened by his passing. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
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