Yuri Milner
- January 10, 2024
- Entrepreneur
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Yuri Milner |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 11, 1961(1961-11-11) |
| Age | 63 |
| Birthplace | Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Yuri Milner Biography
| Name | Yuri Milner |
| Birthday | Nov 11 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Moscow |
| Birth Country | Russia |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Siblings | Marina Istomina |
| Spouse | Julia Milner (m. 2004) |
Yuri Milner is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 11, 1961 in Moscow, Russia.
Born into a Jewish family on 11 November 1961 in Moscow, Yuri Milner was the second child of Russian intellectuals. His father, Bentsion Zakharovitch Milner [ru] , was active in the sphere of management and organization. He was Chief Deputy Director at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Betty Iosifovna Milner, Yuri’s mother, worked at the capital’s state-run virological laboratory for disease control. His older sister, eight years his senior, is an architect.
Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner (Russian: Ю́рий Бори́сович Бенцио́нович Ми́льнер ; born 11 November 1961) is an Israeli-Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist. Milner is Russia’s most influential information technology (tech) investor. He is a cofounder and former chairperson of internet company Mail.Ru Group (former name Digital Sky Technologies (DST)) and a founder of investment firm DST Global. Through DST Global, Milner is an investor in VKontakte, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Flipkart, Spotify, Zocdoc, Groupon, JD.com, Xiaomi, OlaCabs, Alibaba, Airbnb, WhatsApp, Nubank, Wish, and many others.
Yuri Milner Net Worth
| Net Worth | 4.8 billion USD (2021) |
| Source Of Income | Entrepreneur |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yuri Milner is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuri Milner 's net worth 4.8 billion USD (2021). (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Milner is married to former high fashion model and contemporary artist Julia Milner (née Bochkova). She is interested in photography: during the 52nd Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art she produced a contribution entitled Click I Hope.
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Who is Yuri Milner Dating?
According to our records, Yuri Milner married to Julia Milner (m. 2004). As of December 1, 2023, Yuri Milner’s is not dating anyone.
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In February 2001, netBridge and Port.ru (which owned Mail.ru) announced a merger. Milner became CEO of the new company named Mail.Ru (though the legal name Port.ru was also retained).
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Yuri Milner celebrates birthday on November 11 of every year.
In 2005, NCH shifted its focus from Russian Internet projects and Milner founded the investment fund Digital Sky Technologies (DST), becoming its chairperson in 2006. A meeting through mutual friends resulted in Alisher Usmanov becoming a shareholder of Mail.ru Group in 2008.
How did Yuri Milner make his money?
Milner started his business career selling gray market DOS computers in the Soviet Union, which displeased his father. When the USSR collapsed, he stopped selling computers in order to enroll at the Wharton School to earn an MBA.
Is DST Global Russian?
DST Global funds have invested in over 80 companies around the world, none of which are based in Russia. DST Global has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Hong Kong and Beijing, and has no office in Russia.
What is Yuri Milner worth?
7.3 billion USD (2022)
Who owns Digital Sky?
DST’s ownership is as follows – Alisher Usmanov (through New Media Technologies – 32%), South Africa-based media company Naspers (28.7%), Chinese Internet company Tencent (10%), Russian investment banking firm Renaissance Capital (5%), Goldman Sachs and New York private equity firm Tiger Global.
What means DST?
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again so that people will have one more hour of daylight in the afternoon and evening during the warmer season of the year.