Founder, Founder and Exec Chairman
Nazar Yasin
I focus on impacting Entrepreneurship and Education on a global scale, as I believe these are the two greatest drivers of human achievement and progress.
I focus on impacting Entrepreneurship and Education on a global scale, as I believe these are the two greatest drivers of human achievement and progress.
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Experience
Rise Capital
Founder
Rise Capital is a global investment firm that backs Internet-enabled businesses in Emerging Markets.
Forticom
CEO
As CEO of Forticom, the largest social networking business in Russia / CIS / Eastern Europe, I grew the company to 100m users, $100m in revenues, 300 employees. I sold the... more company to Mail.ru (LSE: MAIL) in July 2010, and at the time of Mail.ru's IPO in Nov 2010 the company was valued at ~$2bn
Goldman Sachs
Co-Head of European Internet Coverage
Co-Headed Goldman Sachs's advisory efforts in EMEA for Internet clients
Founder
Employee
Education
About
Achievements
My passion for supporting global Entrepreneurship stretches back over a decade. As the CEO of Forticom, a $1bn+ market value social networking business in Russia / CIS, I grew the company to >100m users, >$100m revenues and >300 employees before selling it to to Mail.ru (LSE: MAIL). Drawing upon that experience, as the Founder of Rise Capital, and previously at Tiger Global, I have been fortunate to back some of the most successful Internet entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets globally, investing in and serving on the board of companies like YY in China (Nasdaq: YY), Navent in Latin America, Iroko in Africa, Belezanaweb in Brazil, Ivi.ru in Russia, Hopscotch in India, and Redmart in Southeast Asia – companies that have gone on to create billions of dollars of market value and thousands of jobs.
Likewise, my passion for Education led me to found MarcoPolo, and previously to found Kellogg Insight, the Kellogg School of Management's official web-based business journal.
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