Jorn Lyseggen

Webit Speaker, Founder & CEO, Meltwater Group

Jorn Lyseggen is founder and CEO of Meltwater. He founded the company in 2001 with a vision to create a media intelligence company that would replace traditional print clipping services. Mr. Lyseggen is regarded as a leading Norwegian entrepreneur and patent holder with four start-ups, two trade sales and one IPO to his credit. Mr. Lyseggen also founded the non-profit Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), designed to provide training and mentoring to young African entrepreneurs aspiring to launch new, African-based software companies.

Under Mr. Lyseggen’s direction, Meltwater has grown from a startup with only US$15,000 in capital to a global company with 41 offices, 900+ employees, and 23,000 clients across six continents. Meltwater has evolved into a successful SaaS company, providing software solutions to SMEs and enterprise clients worldwide. The company has grown organically, without debt or external funding. Mr. Lyseggen identifies the company’s ability to see and develop peoples’ potential as the main reason for Meltwater’s global success.

Mr. Lyseggen has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Bergen Ingeniorhogskole in Norway, a master’s degree in electrical engineering with specialization in digital signal processing and artificial intelligence from Iowa State University, and training in entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School. He has delivered keynote speeches at a number of global conferences including the Stanford Graduate School 2011 Conference on Entrepreneurship, MESH Norway, Digital Winners 2014 and Slush 2014.