Sebastian Siemiatkowski co-founded Klarna and leads it as CEO. His public conversations follow the practical tensions of building a global financial technology company: earning consumer trust, navigating rapid growth and retrenchment, and deciding where AI should change the work itself. He brings a founder’s perspective to making payments simpler while continually rethinking how a large organization operates.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski co-founded Klarna and leads it as CEO. His public conversations follow the practical tensions of building a global financial technology company: earning consumer trust, navigating rapid growth and retrenchment, and deciding where AI should change the work itself. He brings a founder’s perspective to making payments simpler while continually rethinking how a large organization operates.
Career
Co-founder and CEO at Klarna from 2005 to PresentCo-founded and leads Klarna, a global payments and commerce company.