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2021: Goldman Sachs: the largest Internet businesses with Russian founders

In June 2021, Goldman Sachs investment bank published an analytical note On the verge of digitalization of the economy, in which it listed the largest technology companies with Russian founders who have achieved great success abroad. Often in such a company works many citizens of the Russian Federation.

According to analysts, entrepreneurs and technology developers from Russia are aimed at international markets, since they are larger than domestic, and Russian personnel are much cheaper. Even those companies that are oriented towards domestic demand seek to enter world markets.

Goldman Sachs named the largest Internet businesses with Russian founders

So, Mail.ru Group receives about 75% of revenue from mobile games outside of Russia, and Wildberries is actively developing business abroad. Since global digitalization will continue, and corporations around the world can hire employees remotely, experts expect that the demand for Russian developers will remain high.

According to Goldman Sachs, the list of the largest companies founded by Russians and having a wide global business is as follows:

# Telegram; # Playrix;

1. Revolut is a non-bank created by billionaire Nikolai Storodsky;
2. Arrival is an electric vehicle manufacturer founded by Denis Sverdlov;
3. Kaspersky Lab;
4. MagicLab - a deiting holding, created in 2006 by Andrei Andreev. It is known for Badoo and Bumble services;

# Gett; # Luxoft;

1. Nexters - developer of mobile games;
2. InDriver - taxi booking application;

# Veeam Software;

1. SemRush - content marketing platform;
2. JetBrains - a company that provides tools for software developers;
3. Xsolla - the company provides payment services using local payment methods in different countries;

# Acronis;

1. Wrike is a collaborative software platform.^[1]

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