Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on the IPO, Loving Walmart, and Embracing AI

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski has achieved something few founders ever do: he’s brought a private company to the public market. Now, if you want, you can own a piece of Klarna. But still, to Sebastian, the day he visited Walmart Founder Sam Walton’s grave in Arkansas will always be more exciting than ringing the NYSE bell. On this episode of Term Sheet, Sebastian talks about how being from a Polish immigrant family in Sweden led him to idolize Walmart, Klarna’s bigger than BNPL business model, and how the future financial services will embrace AI and put the customer back in the driver’s seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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