Dmitry Bukhman (born 27 May 1985) is a

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i entrepreneur. Together with his brother Igor Bukhman, they founded online gaming company Playrix, which is best known for its mobile-app games such as '' Homescapes'' and '' Fishdom''. Dmitry and his brother Igor were born in the

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(in what is now Russia). As a child, Dmitry was engaged in programming. Together with his brother, he started selling games online while still in high school. They founded Playrix in 2004 while studying at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at the . By 2004, the brothers had released three games and around 30 screensavers; by 2007, the number of games increased to 16, and the monthly income of the company constituted around $300,000. Soon the company released such games as ''Homescapes'', '' Gardenscapes'', ''Fishdom'' and ''

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''. In 2014, Dmitry Bukhman moved to

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. In 2016, he acquired Israeli citizenship. In 2018, the brothers personally invested in video and social network games developer Nexters Global and in

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ian Vizor Games. In 2019, Playrix bought the

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, respectively. They also own stakes in the publishing house "Comitet" (''russian: Комитет'') that manages Russian media portals , , , and Coub. Dmitry Bukhman made the 2022 ''

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'' Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $8.1 billion and occupied the 275th position.

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