Janus Friis

Most of that usage is free calling from computer to computer, which has made it difficult for the service to make money since entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis started the company in 2003.

Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion (VIDEO) 2011

Bloomberg News (Andreessen, Zennstrom); Associated Press (Friis) Skype investors, left to right, Marc Andreessen, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will be well rewarded for their patience.

Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall Spencer E. Ante 2011

The deal shows how far Skype has come since it was launched in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis , two men who had created a file-sharing technology called Kazaa that became widely associated with music piracy.

Microsoft Near Deal to Acquire Skype Anupreeta Das 2011

Other winners include the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which owns about 12%; venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the smallest shareholder at 3%; and Joltid Ltd., an investment company partly owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis , which owns 14%.

Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall Spencer E. Ante 2011

Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are suing Skype in a copyright lawsuit.

Shelly Palmer: Is Twitter Worth a Billion Dollars?: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer September 17, 2009 2009

Skype — For Sale p2pnet news view | Products:- The already dodgy relationship between Kazaa and Skype creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis and eBay has taken another seriously negative turn.

Skype — For Sale 2009

Who else was in on the receiving end of all that cash besides the Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis?

EBay, Skype, Goldman, Morals And Principles 2009

Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, in an attempt to buy back the business, according to people familiar with the matter.

EBay to Unload Skype In IPO, Citing Poor Fit 2009

One possible reason emerged on Friday: Michelangelo Volpi, the former chief of Joost, another company started by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis.

Joost Says It Was Squeezed 2009

So imagine the pain, indeed the existential madness, its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, must have felt when they sold Skype to eBay in 2005 and eBay, which shortly came to regret the $2.6 billion it paid for the company, let it languish.

Michael Wolff: Skype Lives! 2009