Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder of TransferWise, the international money transfer platform, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype's director of strategy until 2008, starting as the firm's first-ever employee. He also helps the startup community as an advisor and angel investor. His investments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Betaworks, Farmeron and Teleportd among others.
The world is becoming more global. More than ever people are proactively deciding where to live, where to study, where to work. Sometimes it’s out of necessity, sometimes it’s out of choi...
I’ve been lucky enough to see firsthand two ideas go from the back of a napkin to global businesses – first at Skype and now at TransferWise.
Lionel Barber, the editor of the FT, summed it up at Davos: “Nobody wants to be in banking, everyone wants to be in fintech”. Fintech - or financial technology - has reached the mainstrea...
