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Alma mater | Vologda State Pedagogical Institute |
Relatives | Dmitry Bukhman |
Igor Bukhman (born 29 March 1982) is a Russian-born Israeli entrepreneur.
Igor and his brother Dmitry Bukhman were born in Vologda. Since he was a kid, Igor was engaged in programming. In 1999, Igor Bukhman was enrolled on the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at the Vologda State Pedagogical Institute . In 2001, together with his brother, they started developing online games. The same year, they published their first game Discovera. The brothers priced it at $15, uploaded it to 200 app directories, and made $60 in the first month.
Together with his brother Dmitry Bukhman, they founded online gaming company Playrix, which is best known for its mobile-app games such as Homescapes and Fishdom . [1] They founded Playrix in 2004. By that time, they had released three games and around 30 screensavers; by 2007, the number of games increased to 16, and the company's monthly income constituted around $300,000. Soon the company released such games as Homescapes, Gardenscapes , Fishdom, and Township . [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2018, the brothers personally invested in video and social network games developer Nexters Global and in Belarusian Vizor Games. [1] In February 2019, there was some information about the sale of Playrix to Chinese gaming companies for $3 billion, but the rumors were not confirmed. [6] In 2019, Playrix bought the Armenian and Serbian studios Plexonic and Eipix Entertainment, respectively. [7] In 2021 and 2022, Igor Bukhman was a member of Nexters' Board of Directors; in April 2023, he was appointed a non-executive director of the company. [8] In October 2022, the company announced the closure of its offices and development operations in Russia and Belarus due to the invasion of Ukraine. [9] In 2023, the company employed more than 3,000 people around the world. [10] In June 2023, analytics company Data.ai (formerly App Annie) ranked Playrix seventh in the global ranking of mobile publishers by annual revenue, with the company in first place in EMEA. [11] “Within five years, we are seeking to join the same league as Activision Blizzard or NetEase Inc., but in the European region,” said Igor, without specifying a revenue target. [12]
Igor Bukhman entered Forbes ranking of the richest entrepreneurs in the world in 2020 with a fortune of $3.1 billion. [1] In April 2023, Forbes estimated Bukhman's assets at $7 billion: he ranked 332nd in the world, [1] and 6th in the list of wealthiest Israelis. [13] In October 2021, the Bukhmans launched the Rix Capital family fund. In 2023, the investment company, with $4 billion of the brothers' personal funds under management, opened a permanent office in London. [10] In 2023, he ranks 23rd in the Russian Billionaires ranking and 332nd in the World's Billionaires ranking with a net worth of $6.9B. [14] As of January 2024 he was Ranked 3rd in the Wealthiest People in Israel table with an estimated net worth of $6.8 billion. [15]
He is married and has four children. In 2014, Igor Bukhman moved to Dublin. In 2016, he acquired Israeli citizenship. Since 2020 he has lived in London. [1] [5] [16]
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