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They’re both from Estonia. Taavet, who was the first employee at Skype, lived in London but got paid in euros. Kristo worked for Deloitte, also lived in London, and got paid in pounds. But he had a mortgage in euros back in Estonia. They both moved their money with their banks — which had expensive fees and bad exchange rates.
October 8, 2017 Kristo. I’m between rental flats in London and chose to rent a cottage in Essex for two weeks. I found it on Airbnb and paid the landlord ca £1000 for that. Crazy prices around London. The landlord got most of it, Airbnb got a good margin, but I was fascinated to pay £2 to my bank as a hidden fee on my debit card.
May 21, 2023 · Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, the Estonian founders of the money transfer company, Wise, have significantly improved their positions in the Sunday Times Rich List 2023 of the wealthiest people in the UK, compared with the list a year before. When in the 2022 Rich List, Käärmann was listed as 198th with the net worth of £865 million ...
Kristo Käärmann (sündinud 3. augustil 1980) on Eesti ettevõtja. Ta tegutseb peamiselt finantsteenuste valdkonnas ja on ettevõtte Wise kaasasutaja (koos Taavet Hinrikusega ). Käärmann jõudis 2022. aastal esimese eestlasena majandusajakirja Forbes miljardäride edetabelisse.
May 17, 2017 · 17 May 2017. Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann set the firm up six years ago. Peer-to-peer money sending firm TransferWise has become profitable this calendar year, six years after being founded ...
Sep 26, 2019 · He worked with European banks and insurers to modernise their processes and systems. Stunned by their inefficiency, he teamed up with Taavet Hinrikus, then Skype's director of strategy, to develop an entirely new system for moving money across borders. Kristo was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2015.
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