Background
Ehrensvärd was born in the United States in the summer of 1967. Her father, who like her mother was an architect, was spending a year at the City University of Seattle, undertaking research on urban planning and computer graphics.
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Career
The two began collaborating on a series of innovations, combining their design and computing talents before they decided to get married. They now have three children. Their first significant development was Cypak, an intelligent pharmaceutical packaging system which never took official
In 2007, the couple founded Yubico, manufacturing the YubiKey authentication device for online transactions which quickly gained worldwide popularity, attracting millions of users and seven of the top ten internet companies.
In 2011, the couple moved to Palo Alto in order to become part of the Silicon Valley Information Technology scene. Stina Ehrensvärd also frequently speaks on internet identity and entrepreneurship.
In 2013, she was listed in the monthly magazine Incorporated. as one of the "10 Women to Watch in Technical in 2013". In 2013, in connection with use of the YubiKey in a Google pilot scheme, Ehrensvärd was interviewed by the business magazine The Next Woman.
When asked if there was anything she wished to share with the community, she revealed: "We women are trained in our deoxyribonucleic acid to please.
I have stopped trying to please everyone, but to instead follow my dreams.".
