Yuri Gurski

Yuri Gurski (Belarusian: Юры Анатол'евіч Гурскі, born 23 January 1983) is a Belarusian IT entrepreneur, founder of a number of start-ups subsequently acquired by Facebook, Mail.ru Group, Google and Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi. In 2016, GoalEurope called Gurski "the most successful IT entrepreneur in Eastern Europe".[1]

Yuri Gurski
Born (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983
Minsk, USSR (Now Belarus)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2015)

Life

Yuri Gurski was born on 23 January 1983 in Minsk.[2]

In 2000, he graduated from secondary school No. 219 in Minsk. In 2008, he received a diploma in journalism from Belarusian State University. In 2010, he obtained an Executive MBA degree from the IPM Business School under the Kozminsky University program (Warsaw).[3][4]

He worked as the CEO of the Piter M LLC (the representative office of the Piter publishing house in Minsk) from September 2003 to December 2009. Since 2006, he has been working in the IT sector. Co-founder and CEO of Viaden Media, CEO of Sport.com. Worked in the Mail.ru Group corporation (Russia) from November 2014 to July 29, 2016.[5][1]

He resides in the city of Limassol, Cyprus. Founder of Haxus.com.[6]

IT-Business

In 2009, Gurski co-founded Viaden Media.[4] The company’s main focus was creation of IT solutions for online casinos and health monitoring applications.[7] In 2011, Viaden Media received the App Store Rewind award.[8] In 2012, Viaden Media was acquired by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi.[9]

Under Gurski’s leadership, Sport.com developed a number of popular mobile applications for sports and fitness.[10]

In 2014, he became a mentor of the Maps.Me project, which later that year was acquired by the Mail.ru Group corporation. Gurski also joined Mail.ru. In 2016, he held the position of vice president of new product development.[9] He left Mail.ru Group on 29 July 2016. Representatives of Mail.Ru Group stated the conflict of interests as the reason for dismissal. Gurski denies that such a conflict has ever taken place.[4]

He was a mentor and investor of the MSQRD project (video and photo selfie app), acquired by Facebook on 9 March 2016.[11][12]

In 2016, Yuri founded Flo, an AI-powered women’s health platform.[13] In October, 2018 this fast growing FemTech startup received $200 million valuation.[14]

In 2017, Google bought the AIMATTER start-up owned by Gurski and Yuri Melnichek.[15]

Yuri Gurski participated in the preparation of the decree "On the development of the digital economy" which creates unprecedented conditions for the development of the IT industry to turn Belarus into an international tech haven.[16][17][18] Gurski commented on the prospects of the decree on Belarusian television.[19]

Publications

Gurski is the owner of the Ideanomix publishing house, and an author of about 30 books on information technology.[9]

Personal life

Gurski married on 12 December 2015. He speaks Russian, Belarusian, and English.[6]

Awards and recognition
  • Ranked No. 1 in Top Belarusian Business People Under 40 in 2016 and 2017, Probusiness.by magazine[20][21]
  • Ranked No. 3 in Top 50 Personalities in the Belarusian IT World 2016, ITmentor[22]
  • Ranked No. 9 in Top Belarusian Business People Under 40 in 2015, Probusiness.by magazine[23]
  • Ranked No.19 in Top Outstanding Business People of Modern Belarus, Ey.by magazine[24]
  • “Kozminski Lion Distinguished Alumnus of Kozminski University”[25]
  • “Mentor of the Year 2014", BEL.BIZ / Belarus High-Tech Park[26]
  • “Belarus Entrepreneur of the Year 2011"[27]

References
  1. "Want the mentor of Prisma, MSQRD, Maps.me invest in your startup?". goaleurope.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. Интервью по понедельникам: Viaden Media, (in Russian)
  3. Бизнес-школа ИПМ - Учебный процесс, (in Russian)
  4. Юрий Гурский в ТОП 200 успешных и влиятельных бизнесменов Беларуси - 2017, Ежедневник, (in Russian)
  5. Mail.Ru Group объявляет о новых назначениях, (in Russian)
  6. Юрий Гурский, (in Russian)
  7. Минский экспресс: зачем Facebook купил совсем молодой сервис MSQRD, РБК, (in Russian)
  8. Компания Viaden Media получила награду App Store Rewind 2011, (in Russian)
  9. Белорусский IT-бизнесмен Юрий Гурский стал вице-президентом Mail.Ru Group, (in Russian)
  10. Юрий Гурский объявил об уходе из sport.com, (in Russian)
  11. «Это не чудо»: Юрий Гурский объяснил природу ошеломительного успеха MSQRD, (in Russian)
  12. "Facebook buys popular face swapping app for silly selfies". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  13. "Flo | Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  14. Health, Flo. "US FemTech Market Leader Flo Health Completes $12M Series A; Scores $200M Valuation". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  15. Lunden, Ingrid. "Google acquires AIMatter, maker of the Fabby computer vision app". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  16. "Yury Melnichek". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  17. "Vitali Valianiuk". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  18. "Belarus signs law enabling set-up of cryptocurrency hubs". The National. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  19. АТН новости Беларуси и мира (2017-12-24), Предприниматель Юрий Гурский комментирует декрет "О развитии цифровой экономики". Главный эфир, retrieved 2017-12-26
  20. ТОП-40 белорусских предпринимателей до 40 лет, 2016-11-29, Probusiness.by magazine, (in Russian)
  21. "Топ-40 белорусских предпринимателей до 40 лет: смотрите - PROBUSINESS.IO". PROBUSINESS.IO (in Russian). 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  22. Топ-50 персон в белорусском ИТ 2016, ITmentor, (in Russian)
  23. Топ-40 белорусских бизнесменов до 40 лет, Probusiness.by magazine, (in Russian)
  24. "Топ 25 выдающихся бизнесменов современной Беларуси (1992-2017) | Ежедневник". ej.by. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  25. "Belarus Hi Tech Park - News&Events - Yuri Gurski: How to Find the Right Investor for Your Project and Attract Investment". www.park.by. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  26. Юрий Гурский удостоен звания «Ментор года», BEL.BIZ / "Парк высоких технологий", 2014-11-26, (in Russian)
  27. Юрий Гурский стал "Предпринимателем года", 2012-04-12, (in Russian)
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