In February 2013, Zennström was awarded H. In September 2011, Zennström received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Oxford University's Oxford Internet Institute. In October 2009, the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, awarded Zennström the KTH Great Prize "for his outstanding entrepreneurial and technological skills". In 2006, he was voted Entrepreneur of the Year in the European Business Leaders Awards (EBLA). Zennström was recognized by Time Magazine as one of its 100 Most Influential People in 2006, and has received numerous other awards for innovation and entrepreneurship. With his wife Catherine, Zennström founded Zennström Philanthropies which funds and donates to causes like tackling climate change and social entrepreneurship. Through Atomico he has invested in over 200 companies on four continents, including Supercell, Rovio, Last.fm, Klarna, and Skype. The EUTA focusses on promoting Europe's tech industry.Ĭurrently, Zennström runs Atomico, a London-based venture capital firm which primarily invests in tech companies. Zennström is founder and former president of the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), a group of tech companies located around in Europe. In November 2014, Zennström was inducted into SUP46's Swedish Startup Hall of Fame. It is reported that Zennström and Friis made approximately $1bn between them from the sale. In May 2011, Skype was purchased by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. In 2009, Zennström was part of the investment consortium that bought back Skype Technologies from eBay and re-joined the Skype board. He went on to launch Joost in 2007, an online video distribution service. Zennström was CEO of Skype from its inception until September 2007. In October 2005, Skype was acquired by eBay for €2.1 billion ($2.6 billion) with the potential to earn further performance-based bonuses up to €1.2bn. Zennström is best known for founding Skype Technologies, a telecommunications company. He also co-founded Altnet, another peer-to-peer network.
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Zennström then founded and served as CEO at Joltid, a software company meant to develop and market peer-to-peer solutions and traffic optimization technologies. After facing lawsuits filed by members of the United States' music and motion picture industry, Kazaa was sold to Sharman Networks. In 2003, with Zennström serving as CEO, the program became the world's most downloaded Internet software. In 2000, Zennström and Janus Friis co-founded Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file sharing application.
He went on to serve in various business development roles including launching and being responsible for the European Internet Service Provider business get2net and as CEO of the portal.
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Zennström started his professional career in 1991 at the European telecom operator Tele2. He spent his final year of schooling at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US. Zennström has dual degrees in Business Administration ( BSc) and Engineering Physics ( MSc) from Uppsala University. Zennström is also the co-founder of the charity organization Zennström Philanthropies. Niklas Zennström ( Swedish: ( listen) born 16 February 1966) is a Swedish entrepreneur and technology investor.
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