Martin Lorentzon

Martin Lorentzon
Born Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon
(1969-04-01) 1 April 1969
Borås, Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Alma mater Chalmers University of Technology
Stockholm School of Economics
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known for Co-founder of Tradedoubler and Spotify
Net worth US$3.7 billion (June 2018)[1]
Board member of Telia Sonera

Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon (born 1 April 1969) is a Swedish entrepreneur and co-founder of Tradedoubler and Spotify.[2] Since 2013, he has been on the board of Telia Sonera.[3]

Early life

Martin Lorentzon was born on 1 April 1969 in Borås, Sweden.[4] He earned a degree in civil engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.[5] He studied economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.[6]

Career

In 1999 Lorentzon and Felix Hagnö founded Tradedoubler, which in 2001 won the Guldmusen prize for "IT-rookie of the Year". [7] [8] In 2006 Lorentzon and Daniel Ek founded Spotify. In 2013, Lorentzon was appointed a member of Prince Daniel's Fellowship and in the same year Lorentzon was appointed a member of TeliaSonera's Board. [9][10] Lorentzon was named the Swede of the Year in the World 2014.[11]

In the spring of 2015 Lorentzon was given an honorary doctorate at Chalmers University of Technology.[12] In May of the same year, Lorentzon received Svenska Dagbladet's corporate award "Affärsbragden".[13]

In 2016 Lorentzon was elected as a member of the Kungl. Engineering Academy, IVA, under the Department of Education and Research.[14]

Personal life

Lorentzon lives in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

In 2013, Lorentzon's tax bill was debated in the media.[15][15] He responded by claiming that it is difficult to attract venture capital to his ideas in Sweden, as well as pointing to the taxes he and his company pays in Sweden.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Forbes profile: Martin Lorentzon". Forbes. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Spotifys agenda: Fler låtar i fler länder - DN.SE". 17 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Styrelse". www.teliacompany.com.
  4. ↑ "Martin Lorentzon". Nordic Tech List (NTL): Discover Scandinavian startups and investors. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Martin Lorentzon - Founder of Spotify". Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Martin Lorentzon". europa.eu. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dubblad försäljning för Tradedoubler".
  8. ↑ "Ny Teknik". 20 September 2003.
  9. ↑ "Spotify – den siste vita riddaren". www.iva.se.
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors". www.teliacompany.com.
  11. ↑ "Martin Lorentzon och Daniel Ek utsedda till Årets Svensk i Världen 2014". Svenskar i Världen.
  12. ↑ "Ludvig Strigeus och Martin Lorentzon". Chalmers University of Technology.
  13. ↑ sven.carlsson@svd.se, Sven Carlsson. "Spotify-grundaren: "Vi är den vita riddaren"".
  14. ↑ "Martin Lorentzon och Maria Rankka nya ledamöter i Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien". www.iva.se.
  15. 1 2 Radio, Sveriges. "Så undviker Lorentzon att betala skatt i Sverige - Nyheter (Ekot)".
  16. ↑ "Lorentzon försvarar brevlådeföretag - DN.SE". 23 April 2013.
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