Breakit: "He left everything and moved to Bali. Flying under the radar, Carl Hörberg now makes 100 million SEK in profit”

He got tired of the office, quit his job, packed his stuff, and moved to the other side of the world. Now he makes almost 200 million SEK (more than half of it is pure profit!) but still does not like the office.

In a long interview with Breakit, the CEO of 84Codes, Carl Hörberg, talks about the keys behind the success, the horror when Amazon challenged, why he does not believe in venture capital - and why it is that he exchanged the tropical climate for snow and mountains in Swedish Åre. Read the whole story here. (Article in Swedish)

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