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Comment: This is not meeting the WP:GOLDENRULE, which is usually the case with business people. The sources are either interviews/podcasts, so self published and not independent, or passing references in routine business pieces as an angel. Forbes Contributor suggests this is part of a PR process rather than an encyclopedia entry. ChrysGalley (talk) 16:09, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
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Emil Eifrem | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Businessman and software engineer |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO; Neo4j |
Emil Eifrem is a Swedish technology entrepreneur and executive.[1][2] He is the co-founder and CEO of the graph database company Neo4j. He helped popularize graph databases and developed the property graph database.[3]
Early life and education
Eifrem attended high school in Seattle, and served in the Swedish military.[4][5]
He studied economic history at Linköping University.[5]
Career
Eifrem served as chief architect at Windh AB, a provider of media asset management solutions.[1] Then become the chief technology officer of the startup Windh Technologies.[6][7]
He is often associated with the early development of the property graph database, which he first sketched on a napkin during a flight to Mumbai in 2000.[3] In 2007, Eifrem co-founded Neo4j with Johan Svensson and Peter Neubauer in Sweden as an open source project to build databases that model relationships between data points. Neo4j relocated its headquarters to Silicon Valley in 2011.[1]
Eifrem is the co-author of Graph Databases alongside Ian Robinson and Jim Webber.[8] He also produced the animated short Graph Your Story.[9]
Personal life
In 2009, he was interviewed by a journalist at Computer Sweden, who later became his wife.[5]
He is an angel investor with investments including Deepset, Qontext, Spiich Labs, and Better Stack.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c Wahlin, Erik (2022-04-29). ""Komma till Mars två år tidigare motiverar mig"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ^ Cremades, Alejandro. "This Entrepreneur Went From Having $2,000 Left In The Bank To Building A Billion Dollar Business". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ^ a b Wiggers, Kyle (2024-11-19). "Database startup Neo4j embraces AI to supercharge growth". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ "Emil Eifrem's Vision for Neo4j Leadership - Most Loved Workplace®". Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ a b c Hübinette, Jasmine (2021-07-09). "Liu-studentens succéföretag värderas till 20 miljarder". www.corren.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ ""Something much broader than compensation drives us."—Emil Eifrem, Neo4j Founder — Interview | HackerNoon". hackernoon.com. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ "Who is the CEO of Neo4j in 2026? Emil Eifrem's Bio | Clay". www.clay.com. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ Eifrem, Emil; Robinson, Ian; Webber, Jim (2015). Graph Databases, 2nd Edition. O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4919-3088-5.
- ^ "Graph Your Story". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ Villamor, Kay Aloha. "Qontext Raises €2.7M Pre-Seed | The SaaS News". www.thesaasnews.com. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ Marzo, Stefano De (2024-01-22). "Czech startup Better Stack raises €9.2 million to help re-imagine infrastructure monitoring". EU-Startups. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ^ Thorsson, Elías (2025-11-19). "🇸🇪 Spiich Labs raises €600,000 to make every sales team AI-native". ArcticToday. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
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