Valentin Kipyatkov

Valentin Kipyatkov (born June 5, 1976) is a Russian billionaire. He made his fortune from the software firm JetBrains, co-founded with Sergey Dmitriev. He resides primarily in Cyprus. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State University.[1][2]

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.[3]

In 1999, he moved from Saint Petersburg to Prague to work at the Prague branch of TogetherSoft.[4]

In 2000, together with Sergey Dmitriev and Yevgeny Belyaev, he co-founded JetBrains, with its first office located in a rented apartment in Prague.[5]

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".[6] Earlier, in 2022, the Universe business center in Saint Petersburg had been sold to the company "Sterkh".[7]

He was included in Forbes magazine’s 2022 list of "88 Russian Billionaires," ranking 34th with a net worth of $2.9 billion.[8]

As of 2015, he continued to live in Saint Petersburg.[5]

He is also a recreational pilot.[9]

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