Yuri Gurski


Yuri Gurski 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".

Life

Yuri Gurski was born on 23 January 1983 in Minsk.
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.
He worked as the CEO of the Piter M LLC 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 from November 2014 to July 29, 2016.
He resides in the city of Limassol, Cyprus. Founder of Haxus.com.

IT-Business

In 2009, Gurski co-founded Viaden Media. The company’s main focus was creation of IT solutions for online casinos and health monitoring applications. In 2011, Viaden Media received the App Store Rewind award. In 2012, Viaden Media was acquired by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi.
Under Gurski’s leadership, Sport.com developed a number of popular mobile applications for sports and fitness.
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. 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.
He was a mentor and investor of the MSQRD project, acquired by Facebook on 9 March 2016.
In 2016, Yuri founded Flo, an AI-powered women’s health platform. In October, 2018 this fast growing FemTech startup received $200 million valuation.
In 2017, Google bought the AIMATTER start-up owned by Gurski and Yuri Melnichek.
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. Gurski commented on the prospects of the decree on Belarusian television.

Publications

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

Personal life

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

Awards and recognition