Aleksander Soender
Quick Facts
Biography
Aleksander Kirsebom Salling Sønder (born May 22, 1981) is a Norwegian internet entrepreneur. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Haxi, a transport sharing application launched in 2014 in Norway.
Career
Ants
In 2012 Soender launched long distance ridesharing service Ants competing with operators like BlaBlaCar and Carpooling on the European market. Ants is considered a potential third competitor down the line.
Haxi
In 2014, Aleksander Soender co-founded Haxi – a controversial transportation network company – along with Joonas Jääskeläinen Kirsebom and Robert Daniel Nagy. Through a webservice and a mobile app, Haxi focuses on connecting people who have a car with people who need transportation.
Since launch, Haxi has grown rapidly and the number of drivers are expected to outnumber the entire Norwegian Taxi force by December 2014.