The most successful businessman: a success story and interesting facts

Do you know who is the most successful businessman in Russia? Probably, you will immediately name such names as Prokhorov, Abramovich, Usmanov, Fridman and others. The success story of the "old school" businessmen dates back to the 80s and 90s. The chronology of earning billions of these people is of the same type and is known to everyone. Now in the courtyard of the 21st century - the time of new discoveries and frenzied development of the IT industry. Some in this gloriously succeeded and became successful millionaires at a fairly young age. To your attention the list "The most successful businessmen of Russia till 40 years" is presented. Of course, the leader of this sphere is Pavel Durov, but there are a few more people who managed to put together their multi-million dollar fortune to 40 years. This article is a story about how to become successful businessmen in RuNet.

Pavel Durov: 31 years old, the founder and owner of the popular Telegram messenger. Condition - 1 billion dollars

In 2014, the number of users of the unique Telegram messenger numbered about 35 million people, and after a year they became more than 60 million (active monthly statistics). The trend of registering new users has been preserved to this day. In May 2015, Pavel Durov stated that 220 thousand new users are connected daily to the cross-platform application Telegram. If we assess the scale of the development of this project, then today the number of users should exceed 100 million people. The uniqueness and popularity of this messenger is immediately determined by the fact that the application itself is free and available for instant download and use. Also exclusively the feature of Telegram is its confidentiality - all users of this social network can be sure that their correspondence will always be private and unavailable for interception.

The unprecedented success of Durov after the launch of the social network "VKontakte"

Pavel Durov is a really successful businessman and entrepreneur. The source of his state and popularity originates in the social network "VKontakte", which he launched in 2006. This project has gained immense popularity among the Russian-speaking population. This startup began to grow rapidly mass. Having hooked every inhabitant of the post-Soviet space in his social network, Pavel Durov soon became a major millionaire, and the estimated value of "VC" exceeded 1.5 billion dollars. For several years Durov bought shares on VKontakte. Paul earned millions of dollars on this. In December 2014, Durov sold his last 12% of shares and ceased to be the owner of the most popular social network in RuNet.

The condition of Pavel Durov

About the present life of Paul little is known, because the billionaire does not like interviews and the press. In his Instagram we can see pictures from New York, then from San Francisco. Also Durov often visits European capitals. It is known that Paul is a true lover of picturesque nature. A young Russian billionaire often visits the Finnish lake, rests in Karelia and from time to time skiing in Switzerland.

To date, the state of Paul Durov has 1 billion dollars. He is the most successful young businessman in Russia. Paul himself repeatedly stated that the estimated value of Telegram varies from 3 to 4 billion dollars. These estimates he made on the basis of what proposals for the redemption of the telegram messenger he received.

Ivan Tavrin: 39 years, the owner of "UTV Holdings" (USM Holdings). Condition - $ 400 million

In 1996, while still a student at the law faculty of MGIMO, Ivan Tavrin and his friend founded the advertising agency "Kontrakt". In 2000, the agency's annual profit exceeded $ 10 million. In 2001, he founded a new company called the Regional Media Group.

RMG's field of activity was the same - the sale of media assets. In 2005, eight regional television stations operated under the auspices of RMG. Tavrin's fortune at that time already amounted to tens of millions of dollars, but the successful businessman went further. In 2010, Ivan Tavrin established Media-1 holding, which was created to merge assets with AF Media Holding (which included the most famous TV channels, such as Muz-TV and 7TV), owned by Alisher Usmanov. Subsequently, the merged company became known as "YUTV Holding". Thanks to this integration, Ivan Tavrin received a 50% stake in UTV Holding.

To date, the state of Ivan Tavrin has about 400 million dollars. In addition to owning the shares of UTV Holding, a successful businessman is a member of the board of directors of Kommersant, and also holds the post of CEO of Megafon.

The Voinov brothers - Semyon and Yefim, 33 years: the founders of Zeptolab. The condition is $ 250 million each

Successful modern Russian businessmen are even those who make mobile games. These representatives are the brothers Voinov - the creators and developers of the popular game for mobile phones Cut The Rope. In 2015, the game reached a new promising level - the Indian company Nazara Games bought a franchise from the company Zeptolab. The prospect of this deal is designed to capture the Indian subcontinent.

Mobile game Cut The Rope was released in 2010 and over 5 years of existence it has grown into 750 million users. Together with this Semen and Efim Voinov became big millionaires. The popularity of the game Cut The Rope is so great that the main character Am Nyamu became cramped in the screen of the mobile device - he devoted a whole series, and in 2016 left a whole cartoon about Am Nyama.

The Voinov brothers are really successful businessmen of Russia. They made their fortune by creating exciting games for mobile devices. The success story of Yefim and Semyon really surprises.

Little is known about the brothers' private life. Warriors do not like to give interviews and remain in the shadow of television cameras and the press.

Petr Kutis: 38 years old, the founder of OneTwoTrip. Condition - $ 130 million

Successful Russian businessmen have also succeeded in selling air tickets. One such representative is Peter Kutis, the founder of OneTwoTrip. In 2014, airline sales (including booking hotels and hotels) online around the world amounted to 11.2 billion dollars. The indicator is very impressive, but analysts predict that the market will grow further and increase by 20-25% every year.

Experts believe that the state of Kutis totals about $ 130 million, but the businessman himself does not cover or comment on his financial affairs. It is known that in OneTwoTrip in 2012, 25 million dollars were invested by such companies as Phenomen Ventures ($ 9 million) and Atomico ($ 9 million), Atomico belongs to the co-founder of Skype, Niklas Zennstrem, and in the newspaper Kommersant it was made public Information that in 2015, Goldman Sachs ($ 8 million) and Vostok New Ventures ($ 4 million) were invested in OneTwoTrip, while successful businessman Petr Kutis refuses to comment and disclose all the secrets of the transactions .

Alexander Agapitov: 31, founder of Xsolla and Slemma. Condition - $ 125 million

Not all successful businessmen in Russia were excellent students in educational institutions. A clear example is Alexander Agapitov, who was expelled from the institute for his low attendance. Alexander at some point stopped going to pairs, because he was doing his own work - he wrote a unique algorithm for the analytics of sites bookmaker offices. His software product was so successful that with 80% of the likelihood predicted the outcome of sporting events. Soon Agapitov launched his own service to pay for games over the Internet. The first development of the future millionaire was not doomed to a major success, but with it new ideas and developments were born. After a while, the improved product began to gain success, and soon the service developed to Xsolla, whose headquarters is in California. Based on the Xsolla software, over 700 payment systems operate worldwide. Estimated value of the company varies from 1 to 1.5 billion dollars.

Conclusion

The stories of successful businessmen always surprise the public. All these people are different from ordinary mortals by their willful spirit and faith in their work. The new generation of businessmen is inversively different from the representatives of the old school. Successful modern businessmen are first of all people of the future. After all, they are all connected in one way or another with media space, the IT industry and the Internet, and all these areas are our future.