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Janus Friis (Danish: [ˈjɛːnus ˈfʁiˀs]; born 26 June 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for $2.6B.
21 Ogo 2019 · The deal saw founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis pocket approximately $390 million each. At the time, it was not only the biggest exit in European tech, but also the largest tech exit...
21 Jun 2024 · Janus Friis, Danish e-commerce entrepreneur who, with Niklas Zennstrom, created various Internet businesses, notably KaZaA, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application; Skype, a communication software; and Joost, a video service.
3 Sep 2018 · It began with two people from the Swedish telecom Tele2—a Swede named Niklas Zennström and a Dane named Janus Friis. Zennström was Tele2 employee no. 23; Friis worked his way up in customer...
26 Okt 2023 · Janus Friis, a Danish entrepreneur born on June 26, 1976, is widely known for his groundbreaking contributions to the tech industry. Yet, beyond the limelight of his professional accolades lies a personal story marked by passion, curiosity, and resilience.
Skype was founded in 2003 by Janus Friis from Denmark and Niklas Zennström from Sweden, having its headquarters in Luxembourg with offices now in Berlin, Frankfurt, Tallinn, Tartu, Stockholm, London, Palo Alto, Prague, and Redmond, Washington.
Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, from Sweden, and Janus Friis, from Denmark. The software was created by Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn, and Toivo Annus. Friis and Annus are credited with the idea of reducing the cost of voice calls by using a P2P protocol like that of Kazaa.
2 Nov 2015 · The entrepreneurs Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis are behind a Starship Technologies bot designed to make home deliveries.
4 Mac 2014 · Janus Friis made his name founding a series of disruptive software startups such as Skype, Rdio, Joost and (much earlier) KaZaA.
14 Nov 2019 · Janus Friis made his name founding a series of disruptive software startups such as Skype, Rdio, Joost and (much earlier) KaZaA. Now the Danish entrepreneur is moving into new territory:…
