Taavet Hinrikus
European Tech Pioneer | First Skype Employee and Wise Co-Founder
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Taavet Hinrikus went from Skype's first employee to building Europe's most successful fintech startup. As a co-founder of Wise, he transformed international money transfers and took the company public through Europe's first direct listing in 2021. Now a partner at Plural, he backs ambitious founders pushing technological boundaries, bringing deep insights from scaling groundbreaking companies like Skype and Wise.
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