1. Ilya Evgenievich Perekopsky is a Russian-born entrepreneur, manager, and investor.
13 Facts About Ilya Perekopsky
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Ilya Perekopsky was born on November 18,1983, in Cherepovets.
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Ilya Perekopsky graduated from Saint Petersburg State University in 2006, where he majored in English language and translation at the Department of Philology.
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Ilya Perekopsky was in the same year as Pavel Durov, together with whom he developed the first-ever in Russia social network VKontakte.
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In 2006, Ilya Perekopsky was at the origins of the VKontakte social network, which grew to become the largest in Europe.
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From October 2008 to January 2014, Ilya Perekopsky served as Deputy CEO of VKontakte, responsible for recruitment, key accounts, and commercial operations, including targeted advertising.
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Ilya Perekopsky headed a social network and a recruitment platform for professionals called "Vshtate", a subsidiary of "VKontakte".
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In 2014, Ilya Perekopsky founded Blackmoon Financial Group, an aggregator for the non-bank lending market.
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On July 9,2020, Ilya Perekopsky spoke at an event at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, where he raised the issue of a massive brain-drain of talented developers from Eastern Europe to the United States.
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Ilya Perekopsky made an appearance in the film "Durov" by Rodion Chepel, it was his first televised interview.
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Ilya Perekopsky's account relates a lot of inside information helping to settle a number of disputed questions.
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The movie tells that the idea of throwing paper planes made of 5 thousand rubles banknotes from the window of the Vkontakte office belongs to Ilya Perekopsky; it was his way of showing the world that money was nothing but dirt.
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Ilya Perekopsky is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Russian.