Portrait of Victor Jacobsson

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.

Financial assets

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