In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Bentsionovich and the family name is Milner.
Yuri Milner
Milner in 2017
Born
(1961-11-11) 11 November 1961 (age 62)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
Soviet (1961–1991)
Russian (1991–2022)[1][2]
Israeli (1999–present)[3]
Education
Moscow State University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Occupation(s)
Businessman: venture capitalist, founder of Digital Sky Technologies and DST Global
Spouse
Julia Bochkova
(m. 2004)
Children
3 daughters
Website
Official website
Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner[4] (Russian: Юрий Борисович (Бенционович) Мильнер; born 11 November 1961)[5] is a Soviet-born[1] Israeli entrepreneur,[1] investor, physicist and scientist.[6] He is a co-founder and former chairperson of internet company Mail.Ru Group (now VK),[7] and a founder of investment firm DST Global.[8] Through DST Global, Milner is an investor in Byju's, Facebook, Wish, and many other enterprises.
In 2012, Milner's personal investments included a stake in 23andMe,[9] Habito, and Planet Labs. In 2017, he also had a minority stake in a real estate investments startup, Cadre.[10][11]
^ abc"DST Global, Yuri Milner and Russia Fact Sheet". yurimilner.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^Hyatt, John. "Early Facebook Investor Yuri Milner Renounces Russian Citizenship". Forbes. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^"Support for Israel". 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^Fund to facilitate the preparation of the 300-year anniversary of St. Petersburg. - St. Petersburg Vedomosti, 30 May 2003. - No. 319.
^"Новый зампред МЕНАТЕПа - New deputy chairman on MENATEP". Kommersant. No. 8. 11 February 1997. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^Weinreb, Gali (11 May 2018). ""I want to make scientists celebrities"". Globes. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^Matthews, Owen (6 January 2011). "Yuri Milner: Facebook's Russian Sugar Daddy". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
^Gabriele, Mario (19 December 2021). "DST Global: The Quiet Conqueror". The Generalist. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
^Herper, Matthew (11 December 2012). "23andMe Nabs Billionaire Yuri Milner As Investor, Cuts Price To $99". Forbes. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^Drucker, Jesse (5 November 2017). "Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire's Twitter and Facebook Investments; Leaked files show that a state-controlled bank in Moscow helped to fuel Yuri Milner's ascent in Silicon Valley, where the Russia investigation has put tech companies under scrutiny". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^"Leaked documents link Trump's Commerce Secretary to Putin cronies". Four Corners. 5 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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