Fintech Tradeshift Fires CEO Facing Sexual Assault Complaint (1)

A payment-technology company that had some of the world’s biggest banks as backers has fired its chief executive officer amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment.

Tradeshift Holdings Inc. dismissed its co-founder Christian Lanng due to “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment” and “gross misconduct on multiple grounds,” the company, which is based in San Francisco and Copenhagen, said in a statement late Tuesday.

Christian Lanng

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. invested in the company in 2018, but sold its shares in 2021, a spokesman from the Wall Street firm said by email. HSBC Holdings Plc also bought a stake ...