Summary
Johan Larsson is a digital growth strategist and entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience scaling ventures across consulting, tech, media and fitness, now operating as a Fractional CMO and board member from Stockholm. He has repeatedly built marketing and ecommerce operations from scratch, driving revenues to €5m+ across 70+ markets and growing social audiences from zero to 100k–150k+ through influencer, community-driven and hybrid sales strategies. Comfortable managing lean in-house, remote and offshore teams, Johan combines hands-on conversion optimisation and paid media stewardship (managing six-figure budgets) with organisation design and recruiting. He advises on authority and knowledge-graph visibility through his consultancy Glimz Advisory, aligning Wikipedia, web and social narratives for long-term discoverability in search and AI assistants. Recently he’s been integrating generative AI into marketing workflows to scale content and campaign architecture while refreshing language skills in German through client-facing roles. His background spans founding startups, early-stage product launches and corporate turnarounds, giving him a rare mix of strategic board-level perspective and operational execution.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Business studies (in German language), Business studies (in German language) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Systems Engineer Sergeant's rank Haubits 77 field howitzer system, Systems Engineer Sergeant's rank Haubits 77 field howitzer system at Swedish Army Technical School
Upper secondary school (gymnasium) Technological programme Extended curriculum, Upper secondary school (gymnasium) Technological programme Extended curriculum at Wargentinsskolan
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Business Studies & Economics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Business Studies & Economics at Uppsala University
Swedish, English, German