Sebastian Siemiatkowski

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Klarna

CEO and Co-Founder

In 2005, Sebastian Siemiatkowski co-founded Klarna in order to provide safe and smooth online payments. He currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He has overseen the company’s rapid global growth with Klarna now operating across 17 markets. Klarna is now a fully licensed bank with over 90 million active consumers and 250,000 merchant partners. He holds a master’s degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Event Sessions Featuring Sebastian Siemiatkowski


Fireside Chat

In conversation with Klarna's CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski

AltFi Leadership Forum 2021 - Wednesday 12 May 2021



Articles Featuring Sebastian Siemiatkowski

Klarna wants you to buy now, and pay now

18th October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Finance giants to gather in London for UK’s Global Investment Summit

13th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

VibePay and Klarna go head to head over trademark dispute

7th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Growth drive pushes Klarna to wider loss

27th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna makes third acquisition this month as it continues to hoover up talent

28th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna acquires ‘social shopping’ startup Hero

13th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna gets SoftBank Vision Fund backing along with a new $45.6bn price tag

11th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna invades Amazon, eBay and more with new buy-now-pay-later virtual cards

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Sebastian Siemiatkowski stepped down as CEO of Klarna to make way for… A$AP Rocky

2nd June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna says app data bug was “self-inflicted”

28th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna chooses Madrid for new tech hub

26th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Klarna eyes up London for upcoming IPO

19th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

From pink to green: Klarna unveils carbon footprint tracking for customers

21st April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna confirms its $1bn raise at a $31bn post-money valuation

1st March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna introduces bank accounts in Germany as it moves closer to building a financial ‘super app’

10th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna appoints Sequoia Capital partner as chairman 

1st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna becomes Europe’s highest-valued private fintech, following $650m funding round

15th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Klarna sees H1 pay-later volume soar 44% to $22bn, but expected credit losses grow

27th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna bringing Vibe loyalty scheme to Europe this summer

10th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna customer’s spending jumped by nearly a third to $35bn in 2019

26th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna adds 60,000 merchant partners

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

How Klarna became Europe’s largest fintech?

12th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna becomes Europe’s most valuable fintech with $5.5bn valuation

6th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna sales jump by almost a third as transactions hit a million a day

29th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna’s push into authentication and identity could be a gamechanger for retailers

4th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Snoop Dogg partners with fintech banking platform

19th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech bank Klarna scoops private equity investment

21st July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech payments giant Klarna granted banking licence

20th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks