Erik Wachtmeister

Erik Wilhelm Wachtmeister (born 1955) is a Swedish Internet businessman. He founded the social media websites ASmallWorld and Best of All Worlds, both of which were targeted to the wealthy.

Early life and education Wachtmeister was born in Sweden, the son of Swedish diplomat and longtime ambassador to the United States Wilhelm Wachtmeister. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 1977, and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in Paris in 1983.

He traveled often during his childhood, and has lived in numerous cities around the world, including Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Stockholm, Moscow and Kyiv.

Career Finance Wachtmeister spent 16 years as an investment banker, working in London, New York and Los Angeles for Lehman Brothers, Rothschild and Ladenburg Thalmann. as an exclusive social networking site for a worldwide community of people already connected by three degrees of separation. It launched at almost the same time as MySpace and Facebook, two years before Facebook was made available to non-college students. It was dubbed "MySpace for millionaires" by The Wall Street Journal. Over the course of his travels, he identified an existing niche community of people with similar lifestyles and tastes. He wanted to provide them with a platform to network and share information.

On May 22, 2006, the Weinstein Company announced its investment in A Small World. Weinstein sold his stake in the company in 2009.

Best of All Worlds Wachtmeister and his wife launched Best of All Worlds on August 27, 2012, Prior to its launch, 25,000 people from 120 countries had registered through its pre-released iPhone app.

Personal life Wachtmeister is married to Countess Louise Wachtmeister. They were married in 2004.