Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten is a Dutch serial internet entrepreneur who started his first company, V3 Redirect Services, in 1997. In 1999, V3 was sold to Fortunecity.com which was about to go public on the Neuer Markt. In 2003, Boris started a Wi-Fi Hotspot operator in the Netherlands, HubHop, and started installing Wi-Fi Access Points in bars, hotels and other public places. Eight months after incorporating the company, 51% of HubHop was sold to KPN, followed by the remaining 49% after another 6 months.Boris is one of the founders of The Next Web. Boris also co-founded pr.co and TwitterCounter.com