Theodor Forselius

Theodor "Tedde" Mauritz Forselius (born 23 March 1995) is a Swedish computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur from Jönköping, Sweden. He is best known as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Everipedia.[2]

Theodor Forselius
Theodor Forselius in February 2018
Born (1995-03-23) March 23, 1995
Jönköping, Sweden[1]
OccupationCEO of Everipedia
Known forCo-founding Everipedia

Early Life

At the age of 11, Forselius founded a successful online gaming community. He moved to the United States in 2014 to become an entrepreneur. While there, he befriended Sam Kazemian, then later Travis Moore, Mahbod Moghadam and Larry Sanger.[3]

Career

In December 2014, Theodor Forselius co-founded Everipedia. They built the first version of the website in Kazemian's college dormitory room at UCLA.[4][5]

Since then, Forselius and Everipedia have been internationally recognized in publications such as Wired Magazine.[6] He has also been featured on the front pages of local publications in Sweden such as Veckans Affärer and Dagens Industri.[7][8]

References
  1. Friman C (October–November 2018). Filter (64): 70–86 https://magasinetfilter.se/magasinet/filter-64/. Retrieved January 17, 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Everipedia closes $30M to build Wikipedia rival on blockchain technology". VatorNews. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. "Meet the 22-year-old Swede with world-conquering plans for his crypto-remake of Wikipedia". nordic.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  4. Bowman, Bryan (7 December 2016). "From UMass to Silicon Valley: An interview with 'Everipedia' founders". Amherst Wire. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  5. Lindström, Emil (16 December 2015). "Emil möter: Theodor Forselius" [Emil meets: Theodor Forselius] (in Swedish). Emil Lindström. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.
  6. "The Wikipedia Competitor That's Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  7. "På rätt plats vid rätt tillfälle". Magasinet Filter (in Swedish). 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  8. "Svenskens Wikipediautmanare tar in en kvarts miljard: Vi ska finnas på alla världens språk". digital.di.se. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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