Mikołaj Małaczyński

Mikolaj Malaczynski is the CEO and co-founder of Legimi S.A., which is running and further developing Poland's first e-books lending platform (www.legimi.com). Since 2016 company operates also in Germany. From a startup launched in 2009 Legimi, under his leadership, was recognized by experts in the World of Media as the company of the Year for 2013. The monthly magazine "Brief" ranked him as one of the 50 most creative people in the business industry for 2014. He was designated number 16 in the ranking of "Puls Biznesu" of the top 500 managers of 2013. He was among the finalists of innovation leaders New Europe 100 ranking ("Financial Times", Google and Res Publica). He is an author of numerous presentations and studies relating to the development of the market for electronic publications in Poland and abroad.

Mikolaj is a graduate of the University of Technology from the Department of Computer Science and Management as well as the Harvard Business School Management Program. He is also a winner of many international competitions in the field of computer science, including Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seoul and Paris. He is also a graduate of the School for Civil Society Leaders. He also studied at the University of Nottingham in the UK and in Siegen in Germany.