Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder of TransferWise, the international money transfer platform, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype's director of strategy until 2008, starting as the firm's first-ever employee. He also helps the startup community as an advisor and angel investor. His investments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Betaworks, Farmeron and Teleportd among others.
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In five to ten years, the finance industry will look fundamentally different, writes the co-founder of Transferwise.
