Oleg Gutsol

Quick Facts

Full Name	Oleg Gutsol
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1982(1982-02-03)
Age	42
Birthplace	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Horoscope	Aquarius

Oleg Gutsol Biography

Oleg Gutsol is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on February 3, 1982 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Oleg Gutsol (born 3 February 1982) is an Canadian Internet businessman co-founder, co-founder and founder of the social network for photography and distribution platform for photos 500px.

500px launched at Halloween 2009, and launched from the Gutsol’s home located in the city of Toronto. The company experienced exponential growth from the beginning and secured a seed funding round of ffVC as well as various other young stage NYC venture capital funds during May 2011. The company also raised $8.8M during August of 2013 via Series A financing which was led by Andreessen Horowitz and $13M Series B in July 2015, helmed by Visual China Group. Beta Kit stated that, at present 500px is utilized by more than 4 million photographers. It also has more than 50 million photos on its website.

Gutsol is an amateur Ironman triathlete, having competed in 2014 Ironman North American Championship, 2015 Ironman Muskoka and a number of other races. Additionally, his personal interest is in yoga and meditation.

In September 2014 Gutsol was ousted from 500px, following a disagreement within the leadership team about the direction 500px should take.

In the last quarter of 2007, Gutsol was a part of Evgeny Tchebotarev to start 500px, a product derived from a LiveJournal community which Evgeny had been curating at the time. As he worked on 500px Gutsol signed a development agreement for Filemobile, SaaS video platoform.

Oleg Gutsol Net Worth

Oleg Gutsol is one of the richest Businessperson from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Oleg Gutsol 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gutsol began learning how to write software at age 9 after receiving the ZX Spectrum machine as his birthday present. He began writing software in 2000 and was interested in web development and design. In 2003, he started GSM Toronto which is a company that specializes in distribution, modification or unlocking GSM phones and the development of mobile games on Nokia Series 40, Series 60 and Symbian platforms.

Gutsol was born in Kiev, Ukraine and moved to Canada when he was young teenagers. He pursued Applied Computer Science at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between 2002 and 2005 and then dropped out of his senior year to manage the company he created, GSM Toronto, full-time.

Under Gutsol’s leadership, 500px won a PwC Up-and-Coming Technology Company award in November 2012.

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Facts & Trivia

Oleg Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Oleg Gutsol celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Oleg Gutsol

1. Oleg Gutsol is a Ukrainian-Canadian internet entrepreneur.
2. He co-founded 500px, a photography community and marketplace.
3. The company has over 15 million users worldwide.
4. Gutsol was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2015.
5. He sold his stake in 500px to VCG in 2018.
6. Gutsol is also an angel investor and advisor to startups.
7. He holds a degree in computer science from Ryerson University.
8. Gutsol immigrated to Canada with his family at age 16.
9. He started his career as a software developer for IBM Canada.
10. Gutsol is passionate about photography and the arts industry.