25 & 24
Richard Aberman & Bill Clerico
Ever had a laggard roommate stiff you on his or her share of the utility bill? Social payments may just be the answer. Bill Clerico and Richard Aberman started a web-based service that can be deployed for anything from chipping in on a pizza to planning a bachelorette party in Playa del Carmen. If that doesn’t sound like much of a business, talk to the venture capitalists who’ve thrown $2 million at WePay.com while it’s still in a one-room office (once occupied by Facebook) with a 10-speed, a boxer dog purchased on Craigslist and a Foosball game. One of the investors is Max Levchin, of Paypal fame, who knows something about electronic payment systems. Aberman, who just turned 25, is a Boston College grad who dropped out of law school to team up with Clerico, 24, who was doing M&A work. “We were sharing a lot of purchases,” Bill says. “We had a ski house. Rich was planning a party It just seemed to make sense.”
