Jonas Kjellberg is a digital transformation expert, renowned entrepreneur, and a Co-Founder of Skype, where he served as Managing Director and was instrumental in generating 90 percent of the company's revenue stream. His expertise is rooted in a highly successful career of founding, scaling, and exiting technology companies, providing him with a profound, practical understanding of digital disruption and entrepreneurial growth.
Kjellberg's entrepreneurial portfolio is extensive, featuring early successful ventures such as Campuz Mobile (acquired by Vodafone) and Optimal Telecom. He also founded Player.io (sold to Yahoo) and was Chairman of the board of iCloud (sold to Apple), establishing a track record of identifying and scaling high-value technology solutions. This experience is now channeled through his company, Gear Up Ventures, which implements the innovation and entrepreneurship model set out in his co-authored books.
His core business philosophy is detailed in his co-authored books, Gear Up: Test Your Business Potential and Plan Your Path to Success and Gear Up: Bring Business Opportunities to Life and Business Creation. These works translate his experience into a systematic model for innovation and entrepreneurship, which he continues to develop with forthcoming books on social and creative entrepreneurship. As a highly sought-after digital transformation speaker, Kjellberg lectures at Stanford University and the Stockholm School of Economics on entrepreneurship and how to create a winning sales culture. His presentations center around the critical interaction of products, sales, and profitability as the key to sustained business success. He provides audiences with actionable insights on managing disruption, the tech world's dynamics, and the complete story of Skype's hyper-growth journey.
