Taavet Hinrikus

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Taavet Hinrikus is an Estonian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and first employee of the fintech company Wise (formerly TransferWise).

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Kristo Käärmann 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entrepreneur
human
activeYearsInBusiness 21st century
associatedWith Baltic startup ecosystem NERFINISHED
European tech startup ecosystem
basedIn United Kingdom
boardMemberOf Wise NERFINISHED
businessSector cross-border payments
remittances
coFounded TransferWise NERFINISHED
Wise NERFINISHED
coFounderWith Kristo Käärmann NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Estonia NERFINISHED
educatedAt Tallinn University of Technology NERFINISHED
employer TransferWise NERFINISHED
Wise NERFINISHED
familyName Hinrikus NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork financial technology
fintech
startups
founded Plural Platform NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Taavet NERFINISHED
hasCitizenship Estonia NERFINISHED
hasFoundedCompanyIn Estonia NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasRole angel investor
startup advisor
industry financial services
technology
knownFor being first employee of Wise
co-founding Wise
languageSpoken English
Estonian
name Taavet Hinrikus NERFINISHED
nationality Estonian
notableAchievement helping reduce costs of international money transfers
notableWork building Wise into a global money transfer service
occupation entrepreneur
investor
positionHeld CEO of TransferWise
chief executive officer of Wise
director of strategy at Skype
previousEmployer Skype NERFINISHED
residence London, England
surface form: London

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Wise foundedBy Taavet Hinrikus
Wise foundedBy Taavet Hinrikus
this entity surface form: Kristo Käärmann