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Janus Friis
Danish entrepreneur · Denmark · On the map · Founders · Born 1976 · age 50
Janus Friis is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for US$2.6 billion.
Janus Friis is read about 61 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 November 2026
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Friis has maintained ownership interest in Skype through Silver Lake Partners, which sold Skype to Microsoft for $8.5 billion, in May 2011.
Country
Denmark
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
Living
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Born 1976 · age 50
