Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennstrom has to his credit many successful ventures that have gone worldwide. Other than the high profile Skype and Kazaa, he has established Atomico, a leading investment group in the technology industry.
Founded in 2006, Atomico helps entrepreneurs expand their businesses globally. Zennstrom was also the CEO at Joltid, a software company that specialized in developing solutions to optimize Internet traffic.
Altnet and Joost are the other ventures the brilliant innovator founded after that. The former was the world’s first peer-to-peer network that promoted commercial content. Launched in 2007, Joost was a successful online video distribution service.
Zennstrom and his wife Catherine have also set up a charitable organization called Zennstrom Philanthropies. It works towards financing human rights projects, social entrepreneurship, and environmental issues.
