▶ 22:13 · $SPOT · Spotify proves Europe can produce global winners but ambition gap with US persists

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Kinnevik CEO Georgi Ganev and Chair James Anderson | Norges Bank Investment Management

2024-09-04 · 9 company · 6 thematic

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CEO of Kinnevik, a Swedish publicly listed investment company founded in 1936 with founding family ownership, focused on backing novel business models in healthcare, consumer, and technology with a multi-generational time horizon.

james anderson

Chair of Kinnevik and one of Europe's most successful technology investors, known for early backing of Tesla, Spotify, and other exponential companies; advocates scenario-based imagination over point forecasts and 10+ year holding periods.

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“companies like Spotify and others that have proven that you can truly become Global winners but still I think the ambition level is is a big difference”

—georgi ganev

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