Jeremy Allaire

Jeremy D. Allaire, born on 13 May 1971, is an American technologist and internet entrepreneur, chief executive and founder of the digital currency company Circle and chairman of Brightcove. With his brother J. J. Allaire he co-founded Allaire Corporation in 1995, which held its initial public offering in January 1999 and was acquired by Macromedia in 2001 for 360 million dollars. He then became chief technology officer of Macromedia and helped develop the Macromedia MX platform. He left in February 2003 to join the venture firm General Catalyst and in 2004 founded the online video platform Brightcove, stepping down as its chief executive in 2013 after its 2012 public offering. He launched Circle in October 2013, and in 2026 was named one of the TIME 100 most influential people of the year. He graduated from Macalester College in 1993.