Swedish Tech Entrepreneurs
Notable Swedish founders and tech leaders who shaped the digital revolution and global tech industry.
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Niklas Zennström
Co-founder · Skype
Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur, technology investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of a European venture capital firm Atomico based in London.
Daniel Ek
Founder & CEO · Spotify
Daniel Georg Ek is a Swedish businessman and technologist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Spotify. As of December 2025, his net worth was estimated at $8.7 billion by Forbes.
Martin Lorentzon
Co-founder · Spotify
Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon is a Swedish entrepreneur and co-founder of Tradedoubler and Spotify. From 2013 to 2018 he was on the board of Telia Company. Since April 2019, he has been an expert on Sweden's immigrants' integration issues for the Moderate Party commission New Swedish Model.
Markus Persson
Founder · Mojang
Markus Alexej Persson, also known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.
Mojang Studios
CEO · Mojang
Mojang AB, trading as Mojang Studios, is a Swedish video game developer and a studio of Xbox based in Stockholm. The studio is best known for developing the sandbox and survival game Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time.
Niklas Adalberth
Co-founder · Klarna
Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth is a Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist, known as a co-founder of Klarna and the founder of Norrsken Foundation, a social impact organization founded in 2016.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Co-founder · Klarna
Sebastian Siemiatkowski is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of fintech company Klarna. In 2022, his net worth was estimated at $3.2 billion as Klarna's valuation increased although he is no longer a billionaire.