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Jakub Wojciech Zakrzewski (born November 24, 1989) is a Polish entrepreneur and business person in the e-commerce and fintech industry.

Contents

 * 1Education
 * 2Business Career
 * 2.1Lazada
 * 2.2Easyship
 * 2.3Revolut
 * 2.4Kraken
 * 3Awards and Recognitions
 * 4References

Education[edit]
Jakub holds a Master of Science in Finance degree awarded by ESADE Business School in Barcelona where he wrote his master thesis on "Cases of Angel Investing in Europe".

Lazada[edit]
After a small stint at KPMG in Poland, Jakub started at Lazada Group (a Rocket Internet venture). He became the first employee of the company in Singapore and established the business intelligence and online marketing departments. In 2016, Lazada was acquired by Alibaba Group for 1 billion USD.

Easyship[edit]
In 2015, Jakub moved to Hong Kong to work for digital logistics startup Easyship (a 500 Startups portfolio company). Here, Jakub was heading up the growth department, while joining again as one of the company's early employees.

Revolut[edit]
After 2 years, Jakub joined Revolut back in Singapore as General Manager for APAC. He was responsible for launching Revolut's operations across Asian markets targeting wealthy individuals.This proved to be a bigger challenge than originally thought, causing a significant delay in Revolut's launch in ASEAN.

Kraken[edit]
Since early 2020, Jakub is Managing Director at digital asset exchange Kraken based out of Singapore.

Awards and Recognitions[edit]
In 2018, Jakub was listed in Forbes 30 under 30 in his home country Poland. He has also been recognized in the Top 100 Fintech Influencers in South-East Asia for two years consecutively.

References[edit]
"Jakub Zakrzewski Bio". generalassemb.ly. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

"Jakub Zakrzewski's schedule for Money20/20 Asia". money2020asia2019.sched.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

Kharpal, Saheli Roy Choudhury,Arjun (2016-04-12). "Alibaba buys controlling stake in Southeast Asian retailer Lazada". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

"What are Revolut's prospects in Asia? - Kapronasia". www.kapronasia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

DiBiasio, Jame (2019-10-30). "Revolut's live in Asia. Now what?". DigFin. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

Barros, Eduardo de. "[Podcast] Revolut expansion lead Jakub Zakrzewski on the future of money". e27. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

"Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)". Retrieved 2020-08-19.

"Lista 30 przed 30. Młodzi Polacy, którzy podbijają świat. Nie tylko w biznesie". Forbes.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-08-19.

LATTICE80 (2018-11-30). "LATTICE80 Fintech South East Asia 100 - Top Influencers to know & follow". LATTICE80. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

LATTICE80 (2019-04-26). "LATTICE80 - Top 100 Fintech Southeast Asia Influencers 2019". LATTICE80. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

