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March 14, 2025

Inside Klarna's boardroom as it edges towards IPO

We mapped out who’s on Klarna’s board as the fintech heads towards a public listing


Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna

Klarna is one of Europe’s most famous fintech exports. Since its founding in 2005, the Swedish company has helped mainstream its trademark buy now, pay later checkout option and is set to become a public company this year.

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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