Personal Information

Full Name: Valentin Stalf

Nickname: Not publicly disclosed

Country/State: Austria

Date of Birth: 1985-04-10

Languages Known:

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Food Habit: Not Publicly Known

Religion: Not publicly stated

Hobbies: Not publicly disclosed

Education

School: Not Publicly Available

College: University of St. Gallen (HSG); exchange studies at Sophia University (Tokyo) and Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Degrees Obtained: Master’s in Accounting and Finance (HSG), completed 2012

Physical Stats

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 70 kg

Family Information

Parents: Not publicly available

Siblings: Not publicly available

Marital Status: not_married

Wife:

Children:

Career

Current Position: Co-founder of N26; moved from operational CEO role toward N26 Supervisory Board

Skills:

Net Worth: Not reliably/publicly disclosed

Awards & Achievements: HSG Founder of the Year 2018 (University of St. Gallen recognition) HSG - Uni SG Reported “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” recognition (commonly cited in profiles)

Biography Details

Valentin Stalf (born October 4, 1985, in Vienna) is a European fintech entrepreneur and the co-founder of N26, a digital bank headquartered in Berlin. He studied accounting and finance at the University of St. Gallen and completed exchange programs at Sophia University in Tokyo and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Before building N26, he worked in investment banking (M&A) and strategy consulting.

In 2013, he co-founded N26 with Maximilian Tayenthal and helped scale it into a major European digital banking brand. In 2025, N26 announced leadership changes where Stalf stepped away from day-to-day CEO responsibilities and moved toward a role on the Supervisory Board following a transition period.

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