Profil Financier
Kristo Käärmann occupe actuellement le rang #1974 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $2.1 B (-$232 sur 24h).
Kristo Käärmann cofounded cross-border payments startup Transferwise in 2011 and took it public as Wise in 2021 on the London Stock Exchange.
Wise offers low-cost money transfers across 50 different currencies, allowing users to avoid big banking fees for moving money abroad.
Käärmann and cofounder Taavet Hinrikus became Estonia's first two billionaires. The pair met while working in London.
Käärmann and Hinrikus started Wise after becoming tired of losing money to their banks in fees charged for sending money to Estonia.
Billionaires Peter Thiel and Richard Branson were early investors, followed by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and money manager Baillie Gifford.