Stina Ehrensvärd

Stina Ehrensvärd is a Swedish-American entrepreneur, innovator and industrial designer. She is the founder and Chief Evangelist of Yubico and co-inventor of the YubiKey authentication device.

Biography Ehrensvärd was born in the United States. Her father, who was an architect like her mother, spent a year at the University of Washington in Seattle, undertaking research on urban planning and computer graphics. The following year, the family moved back to Lund, Sweden, where she grew up with three siblings. She went on to study industrial design at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. It was around this time that she met her husband-to-be Jakob Ehrensvärd, an electronics enthusiast. They now have three children.

The two began collaborating on a series of innovations combining their design and computing talents. Their first significant joint development was Cypak, an intelligent pharmaceutical packaging system that did not take off.

Ehrensvärd's company, Yubico, is also a supporter of the Hong Kong protests, having donated 500 encryption keys to the activists.

In 2025, Ehrensvärd was recognized by Ernst and Young as their World Entrepreneur Of The Year.