Jonas Kjellberg

Swedish entrepreneur Jonas Kjellberg is an original digital disruptor. As part of the founding team of video and internet phone service Skype, he’s been responsible for revolutionising how the world communicates. The former Managing Director of one of the internet’s biggest success stories went on to advise other start-ups and continued to research and form new businesses. Kjellberg started out working for other legendary breakthrough names in IT and telecoms, including Lycos, Optimal Telecom and Campuz Mobile and as well as Skype, was also a founding member of iCloud – which was sold to Apple, and of Player:IO – which was sold to Yahoo.

An experienced internet business developer with an eye on the ‘next big thing’ Kjellberg held the position of Head of Internet Investments at venture capitalist company Kinnevik and was responsible for bringing on now internet giants and household names such as Hello Fresh, Rocket Internet, Zalando, Avito, CDON.com and Lamoda. Now Kjellberg works with a digital venture firm that coaches and invests in category-changing companies. In addition to his on-going business ventures Kjellberg also lectures at the Stockholm School of Economics and one of the world’s leading research institutions, Stanford University in the United States.

Kjellberg holds a MBA from Uppsala University, the oldest university in Sweden, and an engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and is the author of the successful Gear Up series of business books that help leaders and entrepreneurs plan their path to success.