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Janus Friis

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Janus Friis (Danish: [ˈjɛːnus ˈfʁiˀs]; born 26 June 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for $2.6B. Friis has maintained ownership interest in Skype through Silver Lake Partners, which sold Skype to Microsoft for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023), in May 2011. Friis and Zennström also developed Joost—an interactive software application for distributing TV shows and other forms of video content over the Web. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janus Friis has received more than 329,796 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Janus Friis is the 804th most popular businessperson (down from 677th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 700th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Janus Friis ranks 804 out of 847. Before him are Jack Abramoff, Mike Lindell, Sam Bankman-Fried, Ursula Burns, William R. Orthwein, and Aliya Nazarbayeva. After him are Zhou Qunfei, Sunita Narain, Travis Kalanick, Zhang Xin, Håkon Wium Lie, and Tom Hicks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Janus Friis ranks 708. Before him are Jeļena Prokopčuka, Anna Ottosson, Santigold, Susan Ward, Edwin Congo, and Chris Terrio. After him are Anabela Braz Pires, Daniel Fridman, Túlio Lustosa Seixas Pinheiro, Mario Galinović, Joseph N'Do, and Olena Krasovska.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Janus Friis ranks 817 out of 1,032. Before him are Jeppe Kofod (1974), Jonas Wind (1999), Lasse Svan Hansen (1983), Morten Olsen (1984), Camilla Andersen (1973), and Steven Lustü (1971). After him are Nicki Bille Nielsen (1988), Henrik Møllgaard (1985), Magnus Cort (1993), Matti Breschel (1984), Mikkel Kessler (1979), and Nicolai Boilesen (1992).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Janus Friis ranks 7. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), Jakob Nielsen (1957), and Anders Hejlsberg (1960).

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