/ world today news/ Thanks to the joint startup, the Ukrainian Vlad Yatsenko and the Russian Nikolay Storonsky were included in the Forbes national lists. As reported by Telekanal Novosti 24, the men became dollar billionaires after their fintech startup managed to attract $800 million in funding. Today, the company’s value is estimated at $33 billion.
Ukrainian Vlad Yatsenko, together with Russian Nikolai Storonsky, founded the fintech startup Revolut. As “TV channel Novini 24” writes, after the company went public, both entrepreneurs made it to Forbes’ national lists.
The young men became dollar billionaires after Revolut managed to raise $800 million in funding. Last year, the company was valued at $5.5 billion, but now its price has increased sixfold to $33 billion.
Vlad Yatsenko, according to Pitchbook, owned about 3.97% of the company’s shares as of December 2020. That’s how he became a billionaire. Now the fortune of the young man is estimated at about $ 1.3 billion. The Ukrainian is in 10th place in the ranking of the 100 richest people in Ukraine.
As for the Russian Nikolai Storonsky, he was included in the list of the richest in Russia as early as 2019. His 23.9% stake in the company is now valued at around $7.9 billion.
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