Jon Stephenson from Tetzchner

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Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (January 2008)

Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (born August 29, 1967 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic telecommunications researcher and entrepreneur. In 1995 he co-founded and later CEO of Opera Software . At the end of 2013 he founded Vivaldi Technologies , which operates the Vivaldi.net community platform including the Vivaldi Mail e-mail service.

Tetzchner drew public attention on April 21, 2005 with the statement that he would swim the Atlantic from Norway to the USA if the latest version of Opera were to record more than a million downloads in the first four days. That number was reached and Opera Software announced that Tetzchner would "keep his word". The attempt on April 25 and 26, which was not meant to be taken seriously, failed before “Mum's hot chocolate”, when the company's rubber dinghy accompanying him capsized on the “open sea”.

After disagreements with the Opera board about the concentration on the quarterly results relevant to the stock exchange, von Tetzchner withdrew from the company on June 30, 2011. Prior to that, he held a full-time position as a strategic and independent employee despite giving up the CEO position. In a letter to the Opera employees, he announced that he would keep an eye on the company in the future - but from the outside.

After Tetzchner reduced his stake in Opera Software through a sale in 2013, he now owns 5.18 percent of the shares in the company.

Vivaldi Technologies

In December 2013, Tetzchner founded Vivaldi Technologies and started the social network Vivaldi.net. The platform includes a forum, blogs, chats, enables photo exchange and offers the Vivaldi Mail e-mail service.

On January 27, 2015, Vivaldi Technologies released the Vivaldi web browser .

Others

Von Tetzchner is also the author of fm2html , a converter from FrameMaker to HTML .

He is the son of linguistics professor Stephen von Tetzchner .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 1 Million Download Challenge ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Report in the Opera Press Room on April 25, 2005  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opera.com
  2. ^ A b Leena Rao: Opera Founder Jon S. von Tetzchner Resigns Over Differences With Board ; Announcement on AOL-Tech from June 24, 2011
  3. ↑ Thorsten Leemhuis: Opera co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner leaves the company. In: Heise Online. June 25, 2011, accessed June 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ https://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/opera-founder-sells-shares-potentially-clearing-way-for-acquisition/
  5. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/operas-former-ceo-launches-vivaldi-a-new-community-site-and-email-service/
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / startuplab.no
  7. ↑ Vivaldi: Former Opera boss shows new web browser. In: Heise Online. January 27, 2015, accessed June 16, 2017 .


Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Jon Stephenson from Tetzchner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic telecommunications researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík