Valentin Kipyatkov
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Valentin Kipyatkov (born June 5, 1976) is a Russian billionaire. He made his fortune from the software firm
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, co-founded with Sergey Dmitriev. He resides primarily in
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. He graduated from
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Biography

In 1998, he graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics at Saint Petersburg State University. In the late 1990s, he worked at the Saint Petersburg-based company TogetherSoft. In 1999, he moved from Saint Petersburg to Prague to work at the Prague branch of TogetherSoft. In 2000, together with Sergey Dmitriev and Yevgeny Belyaev, he co-founded JetBrains, with its first office located in a rented apartment in Prague. In 2023, JetBrains fully exited the Russian market and sold off its real estate. In December, the last office properties were purchased by the DIY company "Petrovich". Earlier, in 2022, the Universe business center in Saint Petersburg had been sold to the company "Sterkh".


Net Worth

He was included in ''Forbes'' magazine’s 2022 list of "88 Russian Billionaires," ranking 34th with a net worth of $2.9 billion.


Personal Life and Hobbies

As of 2015, he continued to live in Saint Petersburg. He is also a recreational pilot.


References

Russian billionaires Living people 1976 births Place of birth missing (living people) Saint Petersburg State University alumni Businesspeople from Prague Russian emigrants to the Czech Republic 21st-century Russian businesspeople {{Russia-bio-stub