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Niklas Zennström is a Swedish billionaire entrepreneur with a net worth of $1.82 billion. He is famous for creating several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis like Kazaa and Skype. He recently founded the technology investment firm called Atomico that became a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the technology sector. Zennström is also one of the founders of the charity organization called Zennström Philanthropies.
Zennström has two degrees in Engineering Physics (MSc) from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and Business Administration (BSc) from Uppsala University. He spent his last year at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
As of the moment, his most notable success is the creation of Skype. It is a telephony company that has a basis on peer-to-peer principles. Last May 2011, Zennström sold Skype to Microsoft for $8.5 billion. During this time, Skype became a global leader in Internet voice communications.
His recent project is the founding of the technology investment firm Atomico. It became a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the technology sector. Zennström also co-founded the charity organization called Zennström Philanthropies.
After Zennström sold Skype, he went on to launch Joost in 2007. It is an online video distribution service where Zennström became a co-chairman.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Asset |
Total amount of capital under the management of Atomico as the company's founder |
$1,500,000,000 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Money raised from the investment of Niklas Zennstrom in the Seed Round of WeFarm |
$5,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Asset |
Investment in Series B - Lilium Aviation, Orbital Systems and Beekeeper for the year 2017 |
$119,160,000 |
|
2017 |
Asset |
Niklas Zennström's $1 billion VC fund to back sustainability startups |
$1,000,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Asset |
Funding with an impressive list of investors to the London-based Cleo, a startup that’s developed an AI-powered chatbot to help you manage your finances |
$700,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Investment in Series A - Automile, Wolt and Lilium Aviation for the year 2016 |
$31,400,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Investment of his company Atomico in Lilium Aviation for the development of personal electric planes that are capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) |
$11,350,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Purchase of stake in peer-to-peer lender platform LendInvest that is Britain's alternative lending industry |
$22,980,000 |
|
2015 |
Asset |
Investment in Series A - Orbital Systems for the year 2015 |
$5,000,000 |
|
2013 |
Asset |
Investment in Series B - Wrapp for the year 2013 |
$15,000,000 |
|
2013 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Niklas Zennström's luxury house in Hamble, Hampshire |
$1,390,000 |
|
2012 |
Asset |
Investment in Series A - Wrapp for the year 2012 |
$5,000,000 |
|
2011 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Niklas Zennstrom's telecommunications application software product that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet and to regular telephones called Skype to Microsoft |
$8,500,000,000 |
|
2011 |
Asset |
Investment in Series A - Wrapp for the year 2011 |
$5,500,000 |
|
2006 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the Chief Executive Officer of Skype |
$995,020 |
|
2006 |
Lawsuit Settlement |
Payment for the legal battle against the world's four major music companies — Universal Music, Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music |
$100,000,000 |
|
2005 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Niklas Zennström's telecommunications application software product that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet and to regular telephones called Skype to eBay |
$3,100,000,000 |