Articles about Dan Price

‘$70,000 CEO’ Dan Price resigns as chief of Gravity Payments after assault allegations

Dan Price, who made international headlines seven years ago for his plan to raise the minimum wage at Gravity Payments,… Read More

Gravity Payments employees volunteer to take pay cut as revenue drops 50% during COVID-19 crisis

When Dan Price announced his plan five years ago to raise the minimum wage at his company to $70,000, the… Read More

Gravity Payments tracks major decline in sales across numerous businesses amid coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak is already taking a huge economic toll on businesses across the Seattle region according to data from… Read More

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Innovate ’17 targets teen entrepreneurs; SVP looks for startups with social impact; and more

Atul Ajoy is a successful entrepreneur and startup CEO. He runs Chromata, an AI-fueled fundraising platform still in stealth mode.… Read More

The $70k CEO for Labor Secretary? PBS pundit floats Seattle’s Dan Price for cabinet position

Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, is known for moving employees to a $70,000/year minimum salary at the Seattle-based payment processing… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: IMMERSE VR Summit, Dan Price at Startup Grind, and more

Seattle’s virtual and augmented Reality community has boomed over the past few years, with a crop of promising VR and AR… Read More

Judge: Brother of Gravity Payments CEO on the hook for $1.3M in legal fees

A King County Superior Court judge has awarded Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price $1.3 million in legal fees from his… Read More

Hard-hitting Esquire profile goes inside the world of Dan Price, ‘the $70k CEO’

Dan Price, the Gravity Payments CEO, was trailed for three weeks in May and June in Seattle by Stephen Rodrick,… Read More

Emails: Journalist who wrote Inc. cover story on Dan Price sought book gig from “70k CEO”

The journalist who wrote an Inc. Magazine cover story about Dan Price — the Gravity Payments CEO known for raising… Read More

Employees buy Tesla for CEO who raised their minimum salaries to $70k

Employees of Gravity Payments have chipped in to buy a new Tesla for Dan Price, the CEO who made headlines… Read More

Dan Price, the ‘$70k CEO,’ prevails in lawsuit filed by his brother and Gravity Payments co-owner

A judge ruled in favor of Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price on all counts today in a suit filed against him last year by… Read More

Gravity Payments trial culminates in battle between brothers over potential buyout

A lawyer for Lucas Price, the minority shareholder in Gravity Payments, asked a King County Superior Court Judge on Thursday… Read More

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price: Brother’s buyout demands could force him to give up company

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price said in court today that he could be forced to relinquish the company to his brother and… Read More

Gravity Payments co-owner testifies that he should have been involved in $70k salary decision

Lucas Price, the minority shareholder and board member of Gravity Payments, testified today that he wasn’t informed, let alone involved,… Read More

Trial begins in Gravity Payments case as Price brothers dispute CEO pay and company control

Updated below with initial details from Dan Price’s testimony. Opening arguments began Tuesday in a civil trial between brothers Dan and Lucas Price,… Read More

On eve of trial, Gravity Payments touts impact of $70k minimum wage in controversial publicity blitz

Employee turnover and customer attrition at Gravity Payments reached record lows in the past year. Annual profits at the company nearly doubled… Read More

Gravity Payments dispute intensifies as Dan Price, the $70k CEO, challenges his brother’s suit in court

Updated below with details of judge’s ruling. Lawyers for Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price and his brother and business partner,… Read More

Filing reveals Gravity Payments’ CEO pay and internal financial results

A new court filing provides the first detailed glimpse of the internal financial results at what has become one of the Seattle region’s most… Read More

Gravity Payments defends business practices amid new allegations of financial trickery

Post updated on Feb. 26, 2016. A documentary producer who says he was in talks to make a series about Gravity… Read More

Internal emails: How a Seattle startup’s ‘drama’ became a Kentucky university’s problem

“It all sounds a little strange to me!” That was a member of the University of Kentucky’s public relations and marketing staff, in… Read More

University says it won’t post TEDx video that accuses Gravity Payments CEO of abuse

A video of a TEDx talk by the former wife of Dan Price won’t be posted publicly after representatives of the… Read More

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price hasn’t actually mortgaged his homes, property records show

Update, March 18, 2016: King County property records show that two deeds of trust have now been recorded on Dan… Read More

Report questions Gravity CEO’s motive for $70k salaries; Dan Price denies allegations of abuse

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price, who gained worldwide fame for boosting employee salaries to a minimum of $70,000, is facing new questions… Read More

Is there room in business for love? Gravity Payments CEO explains $70K employee salary boost on ‘The Daily Show’

Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price made a stir earlier this year when he announced plans… Read More

Seattle CEO who boosted everyone’s pay to $70K appearing on ‘The Daily Show’ on Tuesday

Dan Price, the CEO of Seattle-based Gravity Payments has landed in the New York Times, the covers of Entrepreneur and… Read More

New report: CEO who gave employees $70K minimum salary empties his retirement account to support business

Dan Price’s decision to set a $70,000 minimum salary for his employees seems to be working so far, but a… Read More

CEO who boosted salaries to a $70,000 minimum now renting house ‘to make ends meet’

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price, who gained worldwide fame and attention after boosting salaries of employees to a minimum of… Read More

Brother sues CEO who gave workers $70k minimum salary, alleging he unfairly boosted his own pay

Dan Price, the Seattle tech leader who made headlines this year for boosting his employees’ minimum annual salary to $70,000 and… Read More

Is $70K the new normal? Tech leaders weigh Seattle CEO’s pledge

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price made big headlines when he announced plans to implement a minimum annual salary of $70,000 at the… Read More