A$AP Rocky Becomes Investor in Swedish Fintech Company Klarna
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The history Rakim Mayers has with Sweden is one he probably wants to forget. Mayers, known to the fashion and hip-hop world as A$AP Rocky from the hip-hop collective A$AP Mob, was jailed nearly 2 years ago in Sweden for a misunderstanding on the street that led to an alleged assault on a fan.
Two summers later, A$AP Rocky is collaborating with a bank and shopping service that was started in Stockholm, Sweden, back in 2005!
Klarna, which is a leading global payments provider, bank, and shopping service, has recently announced that A$AP Rocky is currently a shareholder and had assumed the role of company CEO for a day on June 1.
A$AP Rocky bosses up with Swedish tech company worth $31 billion
A$AP Rocky arrives at the Knicks game in NYC. (Photo credit: Ron Asadorian / Splash News)
A$AP Rocky has become an investor in the Swedish financial technology company Klarna and took over CEO duties for the day (June 1) to commemorate the occasion. According to
Forbes, Klarna is Europe’s biggest privately held fintech company with 4,000 employees and a $31 billion valuation. The company offers customers the ability to make purchases and pay later, making money by charging merchants to utilize Klarna’s payment technology.
“ASAP Rocky defies categorization; a musician, actor, philanthropist, an opinion leader in style and fundamentally someone who understands what the public wants from so many vantage points,” Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Klarna co-founder and CEO, said in a statement to