Taavet Hinrikus — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Partner at Plural, investing in technology founders.
Co-founded Wise in 2010, serving as CEO and later Chairman.
Led Wise to Europe's first-ever direct listing in 2021.
Co-founded Jōhvi Coding School.
Skype’s first employee and Director of Strategy until 2008.

Biography

Taavet Hinrikus is a partner at Plural, where he invests in technology founders. He seeks out solutions to significant global problems that can achieve a 10x improvement through technology.

Hinrikus co-founded Wise in 2010, serving as its CEO and later Chairman. Under his leadership, Wise went public in 2021 through Europe's first-ever direct listing. Before Wise, he was Skype’s first employee and held the position of Director of Strategy until 2008.