Magnus Nilsson

Magnus Nilsson a Swedish serial entrepreneur and the founding COO of iZettle, the fast-growing payments company whose first service whose first service consists of an app, a chip-card reader and a free business management software tool, the iZettle Portal. He is the father of Tove Lo.

Life
Magnus was with EF Education for over 13 years. After leaving EF Education in 1996, Magnus was part of the founding team and also worked as an executive director at Novestra AB, a publicly listed investment company, as CEO at Wayfinder Systems, a consumer technology company and as founder and Chief Executive at Nordic Wireless, an investment company focusing on opportunities in the TIME (Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment) industries. Under Magnus’s leadership, Wayfinder floated on the Swedish stock exchange and the company was acquired by Vodafone in February 2009.

Since January 2010, Magnus is fully focused on his work with iZettle. The mission is to democratise card payments and give individuals and small businesses the possibility to accept card payments in a simple, affordable and secure way.

Personal Life
Magnus is married to Gunilla Nilsson Edholm, & has two kids with her, Tove Lo & her older brother.