Stefan Krook is an entrepreneur and social innovator with over 20 years of experience in building companies that combine business logic with social benefit and sustainability. He studied at the Stockholm School of Economics and is today its first Practitioner in Residence.
Stefan is a co-founder of Kivra – today a central part of Sweden’s digital infrastructure with over six million users – and the initiator of the GoodCause Foundation, which starts companies where all profits go to charity. GodEl, which turns 20 this year, and GodFond have together distributed over SEK 142 million to non-profit organizations.
His current focus is on developing the Laghum Economy – a proposal for system change where taxes are shifted from labor to natural resource use and emissions. By taxing the consumption of resources instead of people’s labor, new incentives are created for innovation, efficiency and prosperity within the planet’s boundaries. His book on the subject will be released in November and is already available for pre-order at Volante förlag (volante.se).