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Placed: Jesper Gustavsson joins Calm as VP Product

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Calm hires Jesper Gustavsson as VP Product.

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Placed: Jesper Gustavsson joins Calm as VP Product. We are delighted to announce the placement of Jesper Gustavsson as VP Product at Calm. Jesper will lead the development and growth of Calmlings, an exciting new game from Calm, reporting directly to co-founders Alex Tew and Michael Acton-Smith. Calm was founded in 2012, with a mission to make the world happier and healthier. Alex Tew founded The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005 to raise money for his university education. Michael Acton-Smith OBE was founder of Mind Candy - best known for its online world Moshi Monsters - in 2004. At its peak Moshi Monsters attracted over 90m users. Calm are the developers of the #1 global app for sleep, meditation and relaxation. The Calm app has been downloaded over 180m times and helps users to improve their mental health, manage stress, and live happier and healthier lives, and has received more than 3m 5-star reviews. Calm is looking to introduce a new product to the market. Calmlings is a new cozy game that aims to blend mindfulness and wellbeing within a fun and immersive game world. Jesper Gustavsson has over ten years experience in the mobile games sector, since graduating from the Stockholm School of Economics with a Masters degree in Accounting and Financial Management. Upon graduation, he joined Good Game Studios, a mid-sized developer of free-to-play mobile and browser-based...

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Executive hire

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Jesper GustavssonVP Product

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  • Jesper GustavssonVP Product · Named in the story

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  • directors

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53%
Detected
Dec 15, 2025
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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