Martin Lorentzon
Political views[edit]
In 2013, Lorentzon joined Prince Daniel's Fellowship Project, and visits upper secondary schools, universities, and university colleges around Sweden to inspire young people to get involved in entrepreneurship.[18] In 2016, he was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences under the Department of Education and Research, which promotes contact and exchange between business, research, and government entities.[19]
In April 2013, media scrutiny focused on Lorentzon's relationship with the Swedish tax office. Lorentzon's Spotify and Telia-affiliated companies are situated in offshore financial centres: Rosello is registered in Cyprus and Amaltea is in Luxembourg.[20] In 2005, he re-registered TradeDoubler on Cyprus, reducing his tax payment by $9 million.[10] In 2006, he paid 1.4 million euro in taxes.[21] Spotify was also re-registered by that time in Luxembourg, where income tax is lower.
In 2014, Lorentzon was named International Swede of the Year,[22] and in 2015, he was awarded the Affärsbragden (The Business Achievement) from the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.[23] In the spring of 2015, Lorentzon was given an honorary doctorate at the Chalmers University of Technology.[24][25]
In April 2019, Lorentzon was assigned an immigrants' integration issues expert in a Moderate Party commission New Swedish Model created by Ulf Kristersson.[26][27][28][29]
Personal life[edit]
Lorentzon was born on 1 April 1969 in the south of Sweden in the village of Åsenhöga, in the Gnosjö region of Småland province.[3] In February 1970,[30] his family moved to Borås, and he grew up in the Hestra quarter.[31] His mother, Brita (born 21 September 1936), worked as a teacher, and his father, Sven,[32] (born 1 July 1932) was an economist. Lorentzon has two older siblings. Magdalena [33] He has lived in Vasastan, Stockholm, since 2005. He also owns an apartment in the ski resort community of Åre.[33]