Rank #3135
Victor Jacobsson
Net worth $1.0B
Fintech · Sweden
- Born
- Aug 28, 1981
- Age
- 44
- Source
- Fintech
- Residence
- Stockholm
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Science, Stockholm School of Economics
Net worth over time
Biography
- Victor Jacobsson cofounded Klarna in 2005, pioneering the buy-now, pay-later model in fintech. The firm lets consumers pay for small and large retail items in installments.
- He left the company in 2012. Klarna went public in September 2025 on the New York Stock Exchange at a $15 billion valuation; Jacobsson owns an estimated 7% stake.
- Klarna was valued by private investors at $45.6 billion in 2021, but the the company?s valuation was marked down significantly to $6.7 billion for its next funding round in 2022.
- Klarna is a fully licensed bank in Europe, where it offers checking accounts, savings accounts and debit cards.
- Investors in Klarna include Sequoia Capital, BlackRock, Silver Lake, Bestseller Group and Ant Group.
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