Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen has called time on executive duties at the buy now, pay later pioneer he created with Nick Molnar 10 years ago.

A trailblazer of Australia’s nascent technology industry, Mr Eisen told staff at Block – which bought Afterpay for $39 billion in August 2021, in the biggest M&A deal in Australia’s history – on Wednesday morning that he would stand down to focus on “outside pursuits”.