Ivan Tavrin

In 1998, the Moscow-born Tavrin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).

[9] In 2012 he became the CEO of MegaFon, a mobile company that at the time had more than a quarter of the Russian cell phone communications market.

[10][11] Tavrin founded the investment firm Kismet Capital Group in 2016 and serves as the company's CEO.

He led the IPO of Kismet Acquisitions companies, which raised more than $400 million[12][4] and the merger with Nexters Global Ltd.—a top game development company—which was approved in August 2021.

[13] Tavrin was sanctioned by UK[14] and US[15] governments as "individuals or entities who have benefited since the invasion in key sectors for the Russian state".