Victor Jacobsson
$1.0B
Born
Aug 28, 1981
Age
44
Source of Wealth
Fintech
Residence
Stockholm,
Citizenship
Sweden
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
Master of Science, Stockholm School of Economics
- 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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