Markus Villig

Markus Villig (born 1993) is an Estonian billionaire entrepreneur and founder and CEO of global mobility company Bolt Technology OÜ.

After finishing high school in Tallinn in the spring 2013, Markus began working on the initial development of Bolt.

With a €5,000 loan from his family, he was able to create the first prototype of the app while personally recruiting drivers on the streets of Tallinn.

[1] In September 2013 he enrolled at the University of Tartu to study Computer Science, however left at the end of his first semester to work on the company full-time.

In 2016 he was featured as the youngest CEO in the Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Baltics and also received the presidential award for the Best Young Entrepreneur in Estonia.