Niklas Zennstrom
As CEO and co-founder of Skype, Niklas Zennström is responsible for setting the strategy and overseeing the business for Skype around the world.
Niklas co-founded Skype in 2003 to offer consumers worldwide a free software for making superior-quality calls using their computers. Skype has since expanded its offering for the major computing platforms, including Linux, MAC & PC and mobile & handheld devices.
Prior to Skype, Niklas founded and served as CEO at Joltid, a software company that develops and markets peer-to-peer (P2P) solutions and traffic optimization technologies for service providers. Niklas also co-founded and served as CEO of KaZaA, a consumer file-sharing software company, and co-founded Altnet, a peer-to-peer digital content distribution company. Prior to that, Niklas was CEO of the European everyday.com portal, and held various business development roles at get2net. He started his professional career at Tele2 with the goal of expanding the business footprint across Europe. Tele2 is now the leading consumer-oriented pan-European telecommunications operator.
Niklas holds dual degrees in business and MSc engineering physics/computer science from Uppsala University in Sweden. He spent his final year at the University of Michigan.
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