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Markus Villig
Co-Founder & CEO,
Bolt
Markus Villig is the founder and CEO at Bolt. He founded Bolt in 2013 when he was 19 years old. Realising how outdated the taxi industry in Tallinn was, he built the first version of ride-hailing software himself and launched Bolt with 50 drivers he had personally recruited.
Today, Bolt is a global mobility platform with more than 200 million lifetime customers, backed up by investors like Sequoia, D1 and G Squared and Markus is the youngest founder of a billion-dollar company in Europe.
When Markus is not working, he enjoys playing padel, chess, and hiking. He doesn't have a driving licence.