Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-070481
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: S-1
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 served in product and engineering leadership roles at Adobe, Brightcove, Macromedia, and Allaire, and was founder of Sevenchord Studios. Mr. Neville holds a B.A. from

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Kennesaw University. We believe that Mr. Neville’s experience as a co-founder of Circle and as a technologist in the digital asset industry makes him a valuable member of our board of
directors.

David Orfaohas served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. Mr. Orfao has served as Managing
Director of General Catalyst Partners since January 2000. Mr. Orfao formerly served on the board of directors of EVOLV. Mr. Orfao holds a B.S. in business and accounting from Norwich University. We believe that Mr. Orfao’s perspective
as both an investor and board member at leading FinTech companies makes him a valuable member of our board of directors.

Danita Ostling has
served as a member of our board of directors since October 2021. From August 1999 to June 2021, Ms. Ostling practiced at Ernst & Young, serving as a partner, servicing a broad spectrum of publicly traded and privately held clients on
complex issues in accounting, auditing, risk, regulatory, and securities registrations, and serving in senior leadership positions such as the Professional Practice Director for Ernst & Young’s U.S. East Region and as Deputy Director
Global Assurance Professional Practice – Accounting. In addition to our board of directors, Ms. Ostling serves on the boards of directors of nVent Electric plc and Dover Corporation. Ms. Ostling holds a B.S. in accounting
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. We believe that Ms. Ostling’s experience working with large global organizations on complex issues makes her a valuable member of our board of directors.

Relationships

There are no familial relationships between any of our
executive officers and directors.

Director independence

Upon completion
of the offering, our board of directors will consist of eight members. Our board has determined that each of Craig Broderick, M. Michele Burns, Rajeev Date, Bradley Horowitz, P. Sean Neville, David Orfao, and Danita Ostling—being all directors
other than Jeremy Allaire, our chief executive officer—is independent under NYSE listing standards. As Jeremy Allaire, our chief executive officer, serves as the chairman of our board of directors, the board of directors has appointed Rajee