Katrina Olsek
Katrina Olsek | |
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File:Katrina Olsek.jpg Katrina Olsek in January 2018 | |
Born | Odenthal, Wiseland | February 22, 1968
Education | Onondaga University (BSE) |
Years active | 1986–present |
Known for | Founder of Kasar and Astro AG |
Net worth | BR₭74.2 billion (August 26, 2020) |
Title | CEO and President of Astro AG |
Spouse(s) | Herald Bremmer (m. 1990) |
Children | 1 |
Katrina Olsek (February 22, 1968) is a Wiselish Tourkian internet entrepreneur, technologist, investor and inventor. She is best known as the founder and former CEO of Kasar and current CEO of Astro AG. She is the world's wealthiest woman and 4th wealthiest person with a total net worth of ₭74.2 billion krone.
Katrina was born Odenthal, Wiseland in 1968. She graduated from Onondaga University in 1990 with a degree in computer science, she started her first job as an engineer at United Halbleiter. Her interest in the e-commerce space brought her to found Kasar in 1997. The company started off as an online marketplace for local stores to house and stock their products in a shared warehouse, to be delivered by the postal service at a future time. The company grew at a steady pace until 2006, when it started to partner with larger companies to host their products. Katrina remained CEO of Kasar until 2011, where she stepped down to take give birth to her first child. She had left the company soon after but remained on the board of directors.
In 2013, she founded Astro AG, a neurotechnology company that works to develop brain-machine interfaces.