For the past 17 years, that’s how Klaus Hommels, arguably Europe’s best individual venture capitalist, has liked it. With an investment history that includes Facebook, King.com, Skype and Spotify among many more, Hommels stands at No. As employee #5 at AOL Europe, Hommels worked on some of the first online advertising in the region and then on the integration of the acquired content of CompuServe in 1997. As an early investor in Skype and Facebook, Hommels fought to get his foot in the door. One limited partner, who manages billions in assets and asked not to be named to speak freely, says Hommels is the best investor in Europe.

Source: Forbes November 06, 2017 11:37 UTC