Search results
Jun 21, 2024 · K??rmann and cofounder Taavet Hinrikus became Estonia's first two billionaires. The pair met while working in London. K??rmann and Hinrikus started Wise after becoming tired of losing money...
- Founders Of Money Transfer Service Wise Become Estonia’s First ...
His Estonian cofounder Taavet Hinrikus has a nearly 10.9%...
- Taavet Hinrikus - Forbes
Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, the duo behind the...
- Founders Of Money Transfer Service Wise Become Estonia’s First ...
Wise was cofounded in London by Taavet Hinrikus, one of the first employees of Skype, and Kristo Käärmann, a Deloitte management consultant. Hinrikus moved from Estonia to London around 2006, when he began experiencing the challenges of international money transfers.
Jul 7, 2021 · His Estonian cofounder Taavet Hinrikus has a nearly 10.9% stake worth $1.1 billion. Founded in 2011, the startup formerly known as Transferwise offers low-cost money transfers across 56 different...
Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, the duo behind the rising global money transfer business, named the UK's biggest entrepreneurs of 2015.
Jul 17, 2021 · It all began when co-founders Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, two Estonians living in London, met at a party in 2007 and discovered they had a gripe in common: rip-off currency...
Learn more. A better way to move money across borders. Each month, they looked up the mid-market exchange rate. Taavet put his euros into Kristo’s Estonian bank account, and Kristo topped up Taavet’s UK account with his pounds.
Oct 28, 2015 · Business Insider caught up with the company's co-founders, Estonian expats Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, to hear about how things have changed since the mammoth funding round.