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Jørn Lyseggen was born on 1 December, 1968 in Seoul, South Korea, is a businessman. Discover Jørn Lyseggen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 1 December 1968
Birthday 1 December
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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2020

In 2020, Lyseggen became Executive Chairman of Meltwater, with John Box becoming CEO, and oversaw Meltwater's public listing on the Euronext Growth Oslo (ticker code: MWTR).

2019

In 2019, Lyseggen launched SHACK15, a global community that supports the next generation of entrepreneurs, in San Francisco. SHACK15 is located in San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building with a network of partners and entrepreneurship hubs around the world.

2017

As of 2017, Meltwater, employed over 1,600 staff in over 60 cities and 26 countries while generating revenue of over $250 million. The company had also expanded its services beyond media monitoring, to social media analytics, and competitive intelligence for more than 21,000 clients worldwide.

In 2017, Lyseggen released the book Outside Insight: Navigating a World Drowning in Data, which is aimed at helping business leaders learn how to implement data-led decisions. The book covers the role of analytics and AI in the business world as well as the importance of an outside perspective and industry trends to influence financial decisions of companies.

2008

In 2008, Lyseggen created the Meltwater Foundation and launched Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana. MEST is a Pan-African training program, seed fund and incubator for aspiring technology entrepreneurs. Through the program, the entrepreneurs in training (EIT's) are taught how to code, as well as essential business, communication and leadership skills. The final examination includes an investment pitch in front of a panel of global entrepreneurs and investors. Historically, about half the teams pitching are given seed funding from the Meltwater Foundation and incubated. MEST alumni have been enrolled in Techstars, 500 Startups, and other international accelerator programs to pursue their international expansion. MEST is funded by an annual donation of $2 million from Meltwater. In 2015, MEST was named by Fast Company as one of the top 10 most innovative organizations in Africa. In October 2021, Lyseggen was named to Digest Africa’s “Most Influential People in the African Startup Ecosystem” list, ranking number 5 for his work supporting entrepreneurs and funding successful startups over the years.

2001

In 2001, Lyseggen established Magenta News, an online media monitoring company analyzing online news in real time in Oslo, Norway. He bootstrapped the company, starting it with just a US$15,000 investment, and within two years it had nearly $2 million in revenue with no venture funding. The company changed its name to Meltwater News and moved its headquarters to San Francisco in the mid 2000s.

1995

Lyseggen began his career as a research scientist in artificial intelligence and machine vision at the Norwegian Computing Center, but left to work in startups. His first startup was an internet consultancy founded in 1995, which reportedly counted many of the leading Norwegian media houses, including Nettavisen founded by Norwegian media entrepreneur Knut Ivar Skeid, as its clients. The company was sold in 1997 to EUnet International. In 1998, Lyseggen joined the company Mogul AS as CEO and helped to grow the company before selling it in 1999 to Optosoft. He then served as CEO of Mogul Group AB and led the group to its IPO in 2000.