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February 11, 2025

Klarna power players: Meet the team steering the Swedish fintech’s IPO

The Swedish buy now pay later fintech is set to IPO in April, according to latest reports


Tom Matsuda

5 min read

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna

Klarna is one of European fintech’s greatest exports. The Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) company has more than 150m customers globally and raised more than $4bn in funding from investors such as Sequoia, Mubadala and Atomico. 

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An org chart of the power players at Klarna
Photos: LinkedIn and Klarna
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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

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