Nils Johnson
President/CEO
Gorilla Mobile
Nils Johnson is the CEO of Gorilla Mobile and visionary behind Aryty. He is an experienced entrepreneur in the telecommunication and wireless industries having founded AsiaTone in 1999 and launched Gorilla Mobile in 2003 to provide inexpensive international calling to mobile phone subscribers in the U.S.
Aryty (All Righty) was developed by Nils in 2006 as the world's first cross-border mobile airtime remittance service allowing expatriates living in the U.S. and Canada to send prepaid airtime to mobile phones abroad. Consumers abroad can use Aryty to request airtime from friends and family via SMS or the Internet. All transactions are secure and happen in real time instantly moving airtime to loved ones far away.
Prior to entering the telecommunication industry Nils worked at Deutsche Bank advising high net worth clients on risk management and concentrated security diversification strategies.