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Niklas ZennstrÖm Speaker Profile

Founder & CEO of Skype
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Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico andan experienced entrepreneur previously co-founding and managing globally successful technology companies including SkypeKazaa Joost and Joltid. In 2006 Niklas created Atomico to help entrepreneurs primarily outside Silicon Valley to scale their businesses domestically and globally. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents. Before starting Atomico Niklas co-founded Skype where he held the position of CEO from its inception until September 2007. In 2005 Skype was sold to eBay Inc for $3.1bn the largest European venture capital exit to date. Subsequent to this Skype was bought back by a consortium that included Niklas and was sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion cash in 2011. In 2006 Niklas was recognised by Time Magazine as one of its 100 Most Influential People and he has received numerous awards for entrepreneurship including being voted Entrepreneur of the Year in the European Business Leaders Awards (2006) the KTH Great Prize from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden (2009) the Oxford Internet Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) H.M. The King’s Medal (2013) and the Gold Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2013). In 2007 he co-founded Zennström Philanthropies where he is actively involved in combating climate change improving the state of the Baltic Sea and encouraging social entrepreneurship. Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan.


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