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'''Leonid Boguslavsky''' ({{lang-ru|Леонид Борисович Богуславский}}, born June 17, 1951 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]) is an entrepreneur, scientist, and the founder of RTP Global. He was one of the first investors in [[Yandex]], Ozon, [[Delivery Hero]], Epam, DataDog as well as SnapDeal. In 2012 he was the Internet investor of the year ([[Forbes]]). Most successful investor of the year ([[RBC Information Systems|RBC]], 2017).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/business/06/12/2017/5a27f5c29a7947843e3d669e|title=В Москве вручили Премию РБК за 2017 год|website=РБК}}</ref> He is in Forbes billionaires list.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/characters/2018/02/26/751960-v-spiske-neuyutno|title="В любом списке чувствую себя неуютно. И в "Форбсе" тоже"|date=February 26, 2018|website=www.vedomosti.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/rating/360355-200-bogateyshih-biznesmenov-rossii-2018|title=200 богатейших бизнесменов России — 2018. Рейтинг Forbes &#124; Миллиардеры|date=April 19, 2018|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref>
'''Leonid Boguslavsky''' (born June 17, 1951 [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]) is a USSR-born Canadian entrepreneur, scientist and venture capital investor. He was named the Internet investor of the year ([[Forbes]], 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-TEB-3221 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |access-date=5 March 2022|title=Russian Investor Focuses on Ecommerce}}</ref> and the most successful investor of the year ([[RBC Information Systems|RBC]], 2017).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/business/06/12/2017/5a27f5c29a7947843e3d669e|title=В Москве вручили Премию РБК за 2017 год|website=РБК|date=6 December 2017 }}</ref> He is the founder of RTP Global, a venture capital firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Bangalore and Dubai.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtp.vc |access-date=5 March 2022|title=RTP Global website}}</ref> He was one of the first investors in companies such as [[Datadog]] or [[Delivery Hero]]. Boguslavsky is in Forbes' billionaires list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/leonid-boguslavsky/?sh=73711f6b3c26 |work=Forbes |access-date=5 March 2022|title=Leonid Boguslavsky Forbes}}</ref> His wealth is self-made from venture capital investments with more than 99% created outside of Russia.<ref name="Triathlon Magazine">{{cite web |title=Triathlon Magazine |date=2 March 2022 |url=https://triathlonmagazine.ca/news/russian-billionaire-skirts-world-triathlon-event-ban-with-canadian-citizenship/ |access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/characters/2018/02/26/751960-v-spiske-neuyutno|title="В любом списке чувствую себя неуютно. И в "Форбсе" тоже"|date=February 26, 2018|newspaper=Ведомости}}</ref> He is widely considered one of the most successful technology investors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/rating/360355-200-bogateyshih-biznesmenov-rossii-2018|title=200 богатейших бизнесменов России — 2018. Рейтинг Forbes &#124; Миллиардеры|date=April 19, 2018|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref> In the global Forbes 2023 ranking, he occupied the 787th place with a fortune of $8.6 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonid Boguslavsky |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/leonid-boguslavsky/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=110 российских миллиардеров. Рейтинг Forbes — 2023 |url=https://www.forbes.ru/milliardery/487934-110-rossijskih-milliarderov-rejting-forbes-2023 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
He was born into the family of writer [[Zoya Boguslavskaya]] and scientist-engineer [[:ru:Каган, Борис Моисеевич|Boris Kagan]]; he was the stepson of poet [[Andrei Voznesensky]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Heinz |first=Jim |date=1 June 2010 |title=Venturesome poet Andrei Voznesensky dies at 77 |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/06/01/venturesome_poet_andrei_voznesensky_dies_at_77/ |access-date=9 April 2022 |newspaper=Boston.com |via=[[Boston Globe]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Румянцев |first=Евгений (Rumyantsev, Yevgeny) |author-link=:ru:Румянцев, Евгений Владимирович |date=April 2022 |title=Борис Моисеевич Каган |trans-title=Boris Moiseevich Kagan |url=http://sm.evg-rumjantsev.ru/des3/kagan-boris-moiseevich.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410024011/http://sm.evg-rumjantsev.ru/des3/kagan-boris-moiseevich.html |archive-date=10 April 2022 |access-date=9 April 2022 |work=smevg-rumjantsev.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
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Boguslavsky studied physics-mathematics at school in Moscow, USSR. In sixth grade he won the Moscow University Biology Olympiad and went on a year later to win the USSR TV Mathematics Olympiad.<ref name=ForbesWealth>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/profile/leonid-boguslavskii|title=Богуславский Леонид Борисович|date=April 19, 2012|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref> Boguslavsky graduated from the [[Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering]] (MIIT) in 1973, majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name=Forbes20120426>{{Cite news |last1=Кононов |first1=Николай (Kononov, Nikolai) |last2=Дзядко |first2=Тимофей (Dzyadko,Timofey) |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehno/81734-pyataya-zhizn-leonida-boguslavskogo |title=Пятая жизнь интернет-инвестора Леонида Богуславского &#124; Технологии |trans-title=The fifth life of Internet investor Leonid Boguslavsky |lang=ru |date=26 April 2012 |work=Forbes.ru |access-date=11 February 2022 }}</ref>


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Boguslavsky studied physics-mathematics at school in Moscow, USSR. In sixth grade he won the Moscow University Biology Olympiad and went on a year later to win the USSR TV Mathematics Olympiad.<ref name=ForbesWealth>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/profile/leonid-boguslavskii|title=Богуславский Леонид Борисович|date=April 19, 2012|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref> In 1973 under the rector [[:ru:Кочнев, Фёдор Петрович|Fyodor Kochnev]], Boguslavsky graduated from the [[Russian University of Transport|Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering]], (MIIT) where his father Boris Kagan taught, majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name=Forbes20120426>{{Cite news |last1=Кононов |first1=Николай (Kononov, Nikolai) |last2=Дзядко |first2=Тимофей (Dzyadko, Timofey) |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehno/81734-pyataya-zhizn-leonida-boguslavskogo |title=Пятая жизнь интернет-инвестора Леонида Богуславского &#124; Технологии |trans-title=The fifth life of Internet investor Leonid Boguslavsky |language=ru |date=26 April 2012 |work=Forbes.ru |access-date=11 February 2022 }}</ref>
From 1973—1990, he conducted scientific research at the Institute of Control Sciences of the [[USSR Academy of Sciences]] in mathematics for computer systems and networks. Upon receiving his Doctorate of Science (Engineering) under the supervision of Oleg Aven who is the father of [[Alfa Bank]]'s [[Petr Aven]],<ref name=Forbes20120426/>{{efn|Boguslavsky and Petr Aven are very close friends.<ref name=Forbes20120426/>}} Boguslavsky wrote more than 100 articles, 3 scientific books and made several inventions while spearheading his own laboratory. He was the first scientist from USSR who published his results on new algorithms for virtual memory management in IEEE Transactions on Computers in the United States Scientific Journal that covers aspects of Computer Science.

From 1973 to 1990, he conducted scientific research at the Institute of Control Sciences of the [[USSR Academy of Sciences]] in mathematics for computer systems and networks. Upon receiving his Doctorate of Science (Engineering), Boguslavsky wrote articles, scientific books and made inventions while heading his own laboratory.<ref name=ForbesWealth/>


In 1985, together with a team of developers from the Academy of Science of [[Moldova]], Boguslavsky launched a project to create a software system to connect [[IBM]] mainframes with Digital minicomputers and personal computers into an integrated computer network. As a result, he was awarded two significant contracts to implement these networks in 1987, one in a Czech coal mining company and another at the Polytechnic University in [[Slovakia]].<ref name=ForbesWealth/>
In 1985, together with a team of developers from the Academy of Science of [[Moldova]], Boguslavsky launched a project to create a software system to connect [[IBM]] mainframes with Digital minicomputers and personal computers into an integrated computer network. As a result, he was awarded two significant contracts to implement these networks in 1987, one in a Czech coal mining company and another at the Polytechnic University in [[Slovakia]].<ref name=ForbesWealth/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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=== Beginnings (1989-1990) ===


In 1989, Boguslavsky started to work in a Soviet Italian joint venture focused on computer network projects in Czechoslovakia. He became deputy director and shareholder of the company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Воспоминания об Oracle |url=http://www.osp.ru/cw/2004/32/79622/ |website=OSP |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref>
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=== Beginnings 1989 to 1990 ===
In 1989 started his work on the [[VAZ|LogoVAZ]]. Boguslavsky became a deputy director and a shareholder, first organizing the computer business of LogoVAZ and then completing several other business projects.


In 1990, Boguslavsky was offered by [[Oracle Corporation]] to distribute Oracle software products in the USSR and he concluded the exclusive distribution agreement with Oracle for the territory of the USSR. He founded LogoVAZ Systems (LVS) in 1990.<ref name=ForbesWealth/>
In 1990, Boguslavsky was offered by [[Oracle Corporation]] to distribute Oracle software products in the USSR and he concluded the exclusive distribution agreement with Oracle for the territory of the USSR. He founded LVS in 1990.<ref name=ForbesWealth/>


From 1991 to 1992, he served as a visiting professor at the Department of Computer Science of the [[University of Toronto]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dld-conference.com/speaker/184912694|title=DLD Conference: Digital-Life-Design|website=dld-conference.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> He returned to Moscow to work for [[Oracle]] and was introduced to [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]] by one of his former colleagues at the Institute of Control Problems.<ref name=Forbes20120426/> Berezovsky and Boguslavsky had previously worked in laboratories which were very nearby each other.<ref name=Forbes20120426/> Berezovsky gave Boguslavsky, Vladimir Kadannikov ({{lang-ru|Владимир Каданников}}), who was the general director of VAZ ({{lang-ru|ВАЗ}}), and others who were top managers at the LogoVAZ plant ({{lang-ru|«ЛогоВАЗ»}}) a stake in AvtoVAZ ({{lang-ru|АвтоВАЗ}}) which at that time was implementing Oracle and other global systems integrators at VAZ.<ref name=Forbes20120426/>
From 1991 to 1992, he served as a visiting professor at the Department of Computer Science of the [[University of Toronto]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dld-conference.com/speaker/184912694|title=DLD Conference: Digital-Life-Design|website=dld-conference.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref>


He returned to Moscow to work for [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]].
In 1992, Boguslavsky used his shareholding stake in LogoVAZ to redeem the computer business from the Company and its shareholders in order to concentrate on his own business – the company LVS (LogoVAZ Systems) which is a systems integration business.<ref name=Forbes20120426/> LVS became the first or one of the first Russian business partners of many well-known software, computer, and network vendors.


In 1992, Boguslavsky concentrated on his own business – the company LVS which is a systems integration business.<ref name=Forbes20120426/>
In 1993, LVS developed the Oracle-based information system for the apartment privatization of Moscow. The system was awarded the Computer World Smithsonian Award in the United States and was featured in the Oracle Annual Report.


In 1993, LVS developed the Oracle-based information system for the apartment registrar of Moscow.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
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In 1994, LVS was awarded a contract to provide the whole IT infrastructure for the State Duma of Russia and successfully carried out the project. Also, in 1994, LVS became so dominant as the producer of electronic voting machine equipment and its software that by 1997 Pricewaterhouse chose LVS and its software and equipment as system integrator with Boguslavsky becoming a senior partner and receiving $10 million from Pricewaterhouse's buyout of LVS.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name=Forbes20120426/>


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In 1994, LVS became so dominant as the producer of electronic voting machine equipment and its software that by 1997 [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] chose LVS and its software and equipment as system integrator with Boguslavsky becoming a senior partner and receiving $10 million from Pricewaterhouse's buyout of LVS.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name=Forbes20120426/>
In 1995, LVS became the prime contractor to develop the Uzbekistan national automated passport control system.


In late 1996 Boguslavsky sold LVS to Price Waterhouse (currently known as PwC) and then became a Managing Partner at PwC, in charge of its Management Consulting Services (MCS) practice in Russia in early 1997.<ref name="rtp-global.com">{{Cite web|url=http://rtp-global.com/team/leonid-boguslavsky/|title=Leonid Boguslavsky {{!}} RTP Global|website=rtp-global.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> As Partner, Boguslavsky was the lead negotiator and client partner dealing with Gazprom over the largest system integration and SAP implementation contracts at the time.
In late 1996 Boguslavsky sold LVS to [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] (currently known as PwC) and then became a Managing Partner at PwC, in charge of its Management Consulting Services (MCS) practice in Russia in early 1997.<ref name="rtp-global.com">{{Cite web|url=http://rtp-global.com/team/leonid-boguslavsky/|title=Leonid Boguslavsky {{!}} RTP Global|website=rtp-global.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref>


In December 1999, Boguslavsky met investment bankers Charles Ryan ([[UFG Asset Management|UFG]]), Michael Calvey ([[Baring Vostok]]) and David Mixer ([[Rex Capital]]), who were planning to set up an Internet investment company at that time.<ref name=Forbes20120426/>
In December 1999, Boguslavsky met investment bankers Charles Ryan ([[UFG Asset Management|UFG]]), Michael Calvey ([[Baring Vostok]]) and David Mixer ([[Rex Capital]]), who were planning to set up an Internet investment company at that time.<ref name=Forbes20120426/>


=== Investor, 2000 until today ===
=== Investment (2000-) ===
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In 2000, [[Internet in Russia|ru-Net Holdings Limited]], an investment company with startup capital of $20 million, was jointly founded by Boguslavsky, Charles Ryan of UFG, Michael Calvey of Baring Vostok and David Mixer of Rex Capital. Boguslavsky invested a substantial amount of the total holdings and became chairman of the board of directors. In the same year, ru-Net Holdings Limited invested in [[Yandex]], paying $5.27 million for a 35% stake, and in the online retailer Ozon.ru, buying a controlling stake for $3 million. Both projects were part of big IT companies – Comptek and Reksoft as non-core businesses; thus, they became two independent companies due to the investments. After Boguslavsky decided to leave PwC and focus on investing in Internet companies. However, he still had his position in PwC for one more year to look for a successor and arrange the formalities of the handover. Boguslavsky left PwC in 2001 and became CEO and chairman of the board of directors of ru-Net Holdings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-04-26 |title=Пятая жизнь интернет-инвестора Леонида Богуславского |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehno/81734-pyataya-zhizn-leonida-boguslavskogo |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
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Beginning in 2000, Boguslavsky learned investment principles from Baring Vostok employees Michael Calvey and especially Elena Ivashentseva ({{lang-ru|Елена Ивашенцева}}), a Baring Vostok managing partner, and, as of March 2020, Boguslavsky has six joint projects with Baring Vostok.<ref name=Forbes17032020>{{cite news |last1=Тофанюк |first1=Елена (Tofanyuk, Elena) |last2=Баянова |first2=Нинель (Bayanova, Ninel) |last3=Сатин |first3=Андрей (Satin, Andrey) |last4=Калинина |first4=Анастасия (Kalinina, Anastasia) |last5=Седлов |first5=Данил (Sedlov, Danil) |url=https://www.forbes.ru/finansy-i-investicii/394801-eto-polnostyu-izmenit-mir-milliarder-boguslavskiy-o-tom-kak-zarabotal-1 |title=«Это полностью изменит мир»: миллиардер Богуславский о том, как заработал $1 млрд на одной сделке, и грядущем перевороте в интернете |trans-title=“It will completely change the world”: billionaire Boguslavsky on how he made $1 billion on one deal, and the upcoming revolution on the Internet |lang=ru |work=[[Forbes]] |date=17 March 2020 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>


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During 2000 and 2001, ru-Net Holdings survived the dot-com crisis, although some investors intended to exit the business and distribute the remaining funds. Some investors were especially concerned about the future of Yandex, whose revenues were low at the time.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
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In 2000, [[Internet in Russia|ru-Net Holdings Limited]], an investment company with startup capital of $20 million, was jointly founded by Boguslavsky, Charles Ryan of UFG, Michael Calvey of Baring Vostok and David Mixer of Rex Capital. Boguslavsky invested a substantial amount of the total holdings and became Chairman of the board of directors. In the same year, ru-Net Holdings Limited invested in [[Yandex]], paying $5.27 million for a 35% stake, and in the online retailer Ozon.ru, buying a controlling stake for $3 million. Both projects were part of big IT companies – Comptek and Reksoft as non-core businesses; thus, they became two independent companies due to the investments. After Boguslavsky decided to leave PwC and focus on investing in Internet companies. However, he still had his position in PwC for one more year to look for a successor and arrange the formalities of the handover. Boguslavsky left PwC in 2001 and became CEO and Chairman of the board of directors of ru-Net Holdings.


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ru-Net Holdings made its first investments in a couple of system integration and software development companies in 2002, buying stakes in TopS (Russia-based enterprise management systems integrator) and VDI (offshore programming). Later, VDI merged with Epam to become the largest offshore programming and software outsourcing company in Central and Eastern Europe and launched an IPO on [[NASDAQ]]. ru-Net Holdings restructured its business in 2006 with only Yandex shares left and the company changed its name to Internet Search Investment Limited (ISIL). Other assets (including shares of Ozon.ru, TopS, and VDI) were distributed among the shareholders of ru-Net Holdings. As a result, Boguslavsky was still a significant shareholder of ISIL and, accordingly, a beneficiary of shareholding in Yandex (he had also invested additional funds) on one hand and obtained corresponding stakes in all other assets on the other hand.<ref name=":0" />
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During 2000 and 2001, ru-Net Holdings survived the dot-com crisis, although some investors intended to exit the business and distribute the remaining funds. Some investors were especially concerned about the future of Yandex, whose revenues were low at the time.


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In 2006 he set up his own investment company ru-Net Limited that took control of his assets and made new investments in IT and Internet technologies and services. VDI merged with Epam, and TopS joined Systematica ({{langx|ru|«Систематика»}}) and the AND Project companies transforming into Systematica Group. Boguslavsky became chairman of its board of directors. Later a large stake in the Group was bought by A1. Later Systematica Group acquired a large distributor, Landata. ru-Net Limited also owned Energodata, a big IT outsourcing company supporting SAP systems in Russia's federal electric grid sector. Additionally, ru-Net established PSI Energo, a joint venture with the German software company PSI AG, to introduce dispatching information systems into electric grids.<ref name=cnews>{{Cite news |last=Арсентьев |first=Андрей (Arsentiev, Andrey) |url=http://www.cnews.ru/news/top/alfagrupp_kupila_20_sistematiki |title="Альфа-групп" купила 20% "Систематики" |trans-title=Alfa Group bought 20% of Systematics |language=ru |work=CNews.ru |date=29 May 2008 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> The former head of [[Microsoft]] in Russia, Olga Dergunova ({{langx|ru|Ольга Дергунова}}), will be an independent director.<ref name=cnews/>
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ru-Net Holdings made its first investments in a couple of system integration and software development companies in 2002, buying stakes in TopS (Russia-based enterprise management systems integrator) and VDI (offshore programming). Later, VDI merged with Epam to become the largest offshore programming and software outsourcing company in Central and Eastern Europe and launched an IPO on [[NASDAQ]]. ru-Net Holdings restructured its business in 2006 with only Yandex shares left and the company changed its name to Internet Search Investment Limited (ISIL). Other assets (including shares of Ozon.ru, TopS, and VDI) were distributed among the shareholders of ru-Net Holdings. As a result, Boguslavsky was still a significant shareholder of ISIL and, accordingly, a beneficiary of shareholding in Yandex (he had also invested additional funds) on one hand and obtained corresponding stakes in all other assets on the other hand.


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In 2007 Boguslavsky invested in HeadHunter and iContext. Boguslavsky left the board of directors in Yandex in 2008 as he started investing in companies that could potentially create a conflict of interest with Yandex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boguslavsky Leonid is a successful internet investor and triathlete - Investments 2023 |url=https://techconfronts.com/17218129-boguslavsky-leonid-successful-internet-investor-and-triathlete |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Technology Confronts |language=en}}</ref>
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In 2006 he set up his own investment company ru-Net Limited that took control of his assets and made new investments in IT and Internet technologies and services. VDI merged with Epam, and TopS joined Systematica ({{lang-ru|«Систематика»}}) and the AND Project companies transforming into Systematica Group. Boguslavsky became Chairman of its board of directors. Later a large stake in the Group was bought by A1, the investment subdivision of [[Alfa Group]] ({{lang-ru|«Альфа-групп»}}). Later Systematica Group acquired a large distributor, Landata. ru-Net Limited also owned Energodata, a big IT outsourcing company supporting SAP systems in Russia's federal electric grid sector. Additionally, ru-Net established PSI Energo, a joint venture with the German software company PSI AG, to introduce dispatching information systems into electric grids.<ref name=cnews>{{Cite news |last=Арсентьев |first=Андрей (Arsentiev, Andrey) |url=http://www.cnews.ru/news/top/alfagrupp_kupila_20_sistematiki |title="Альфа-групп" купила 20% "Систематики" |trans-title=Alfa Group bought 20% of Systematics |lang=ru |work==CNews.ru |date=29 May 2008 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> The former head of [[Microsoft]] in Russia, Olga Dergunova ({{lang-ru|Ольга Дергунова}}), will be an independent director.<ref name=cnews/>


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Yandex floated 17.6% of its shares on NASDAQ for $1.3 billion on 24 May 2011. Boguslavsky sold a small portion of his shares during the IPO. He partly used the funds (about $60 million) to invest in the purchase of new shares in Ozon, leading to the largest investment ($100 million) in an Internet company in Russian history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2011/09/08/ozon_doros_do_100_mln|title=Российский интернет-магазин получил рекордные инвестиции|date=September 8, 2011|newspaper=Ведомости}}</ref>
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In 2007 Boguslavsky invested in HeadHunter and iContext. Boguslavsky left the board of directors in Yandex in 2008 as he started investing in companies that could potentially create a conflict of interest with Yandex. He purchases the Digital Access Company from Leonard Blavatnik and his partners, international music majors and together with Oleg Tumanov set up Russia's online video service [[ivi.ru]].


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In 2011 Leonid set up a US-based subsidiary, the venture capital company - ru-Net Technology Partners (RTP Ventures), opening a New York office. Headed by Kirill Sheynkman, RTP actively invests in early-stage companies in the US market with investments in Big Data, SaaS, cloud computing, Fintech, Health Care, IoT and Information Security. ru-Net also started investing in Europe and India. Among some of the early investments was German startup Delivery Hero that later in 2017 was valuated at €4.5 billion at IPO.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delivery Hero Prices $1.1 Billion IPO at Top End of Range |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-28/delivery-hero-prices-1-1-billion-german-ipo-at-top-end-of-range |website=Bloomberg |date=28 June 2017 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
In 2010 Boguslavsky invested in Biglion.


In [[India]], Boguslavsky invested in Practo, [[Faasos]], [[Snapdeal]] and other companies. In the United States his investments include RingCentral, which had a successful IPO in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cloud Telecom Company RingCentral Prices IPO At $13 Per Share |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/09/26/cloud-telecom-company-ringcentral-prices-ipo-at-13-per-share/?sh=4645bddc500e |work=Forbes |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
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Yandex floated 17.6% of its shares on NASDAQ for $1.3 billion on the 24th of May 2011. Boguslavsky sold a small portion of his shares during the IPO. He partly used the funds (about $60 million) to invest in the purchase of new shares in Ozon, leading to the largest investment ($100 million) in an Internet company in Russian history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2011/09/08/ozon_doros_do_100_mln|title=Российский интернет-магазин получил рекордные инвестиции|date=September 8, 2011|website=www.vedomosti.ru}}</ref>


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In 2016, Boguslavsky invested in European internet company Urban Sport Club, that sells passes to sport and fitness clubs. He also co-founded the first professional international league in triathlon - [[Super League Triathlon]] (SLT).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/340747-legionery-novogo-veka-zachem-leonid-boguslavskiy-sozdal-superligu-triatlona|title=Легионеры нового века: зачем Леонид Богуславский создал Суперлигу триатлона &#124; ForbesLife|date=March 13, 2017|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref> His partners are the triathlon athlete Chris McCormack and Michael D’Hulst.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2011 and 2012, ru-Net sold its shareholdings in the system integration and IT service companies EPAM, Systematica, Energodata, and PSI Energo. ru-Net continues to invest in Russian internet companies. It purchased a stake in 2GIS and increases its investments in existing portfolio companies.


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In October 2018, ru-Net rebranded to RTP Global.<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Global|first=R. T. P.|title=ru-Net Becomes RTP Global|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ru-net-becomes-rtp-global-879121899.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>
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In 2011 he set up a US-based subsidiary, the venture capital company - ru-Net Technology Partners (RTP Ventures). Headed by Kirill Sheynkman, RTP actively invests in early-stage companies in the US market with investments in Big Data, SaaS, cloud computing, Fintech, Health Care, IoT and Information Security. ru-Net started investing in Europe and India. Among some of the early investments was German startup Delivery Hero that later in 2017 was valuated at €4.5 billion at IPO.


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He received an investment return of 400 or 500 times from his original stake of $11 million in 2012 with his American company [[Datadog]] after its IPO which has a capitalization of $32 billion at the end of 2020, generating approximately $5 billion in profit.<ref name="ForbesWealth" /><ref name="Forbes17032020">{{cite news |last1=Тофанюк |first1=Елена (Tofanyuk, Elena) |last2=Баянова |first2=Нинель (Bayanova, Ninel) |last3=Сатин |first3=Андрей (Satin, Andrey) |last4=Калинина |first4=Анастасия (Kalinina, Anastasia) |last5=Седлов |first5=Данил (Sedlov, Danil) |date=17 March 2020 |title="Это полностью изменит мир": миллиардер Богуславский о том, как заработал $1 млрд на одной сделке, и грядущем перевороте в интернете |language=ru |trans-title="It will completely change the world": billionaire Boguslavsky on how he made $1 billion on one deal, and the upcoming revolution on the Internet |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.ru/finansy-i-investicii/394801-eto-polnostyu-izmenit-mir-milliarder-boguslavskiy-o-tom-kak-zarabotal-1 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>
In [[India]], Boguslavsky invested in Practo, Faasos, Snapdeal and other companies. In the United States his investments include RingCentral, which had a successful IPO in 2013. RTP was
among the first investors in [[Datadog]], which had successful IPO in 2019.


=== RTP Global ===
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In 2016, Boguslavsky invested in the coaching company Iloverunning Family (that now is known as I Love SuperSport holding company), and in European internet company Urban Sport Club, that sells passes to sport and fitness clubs. He also co-founded the first professional international league in triathlon - Super League Triathlon (SLT).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/340747-legionery-novogo-veka-zachem-leonid-boguslavskiy-sozdal-superligu-triatlona|title=Легионеры нового века: зачем Леонид Богуславский создал Суперлигу триатлона &#124; ForbesLife|date=March 13, 2017|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref> His partners are the triathlon legend Chris McCormack and Michael D’Hulst.<ref name="auto"/>


In 2020, Leonid set up RTP Global third fund of $650 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP Global outs new $650M early-stage fund to back tech in US, Europe, India and South-East Asia |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/03/rtp-global-iii/ |website=Techcrunch |date=3 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> RTP Global manages assets in excess of $3 billion as of early 2022.
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In October 2018, ru-Net rebranded to RTP Global.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Global|first=R. T. P.|title=ru-Net Becomes RTP Global|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ru-net-becomes-rtp-global-879121899.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>


In all of RTP Global's funds since inception, the vast majority of capital has derived from him.<ref name="About RTP Global">{{cite web |url=https://leonidboguslavsky.com/rtp-global |website=RTP Global|title=About RTP Global}}</ref> He contributes >99% of the capital in the current fund, the vast majority of his wealth having been created in Europe and in the US.
In 2020 he set up RTP Global III fund of $650 million. RTP Global manages assets of $3 billion.

RTP Global does not invest in Russia.<ref name="I stand for peace">{{cite web |url=https://rtp.vc/peace/ |website=RTP Global|title=I stand for peace}}</ref> Its portfolio includes businesses from 18 countries across the world.<ref name="About RTP Global"/>
In March 2020, Boguslavsky explained in an interview that he has two companies focusing on artificial intelligence (AI): one in Russia and one in Germany.<ref name=Forbes17032020/> His Russian AI company ''Dasha'' ({{lang-ru|«Даша»}}) employs persons from Novosibirsk and has very advanced chatbots which replace call centers with very natural voices and can cold call a potential customer to sell them items but the customer does not know the customer is talking to a machine.<ref name=Forbes17032020/> His German AI company uses deep learning through a photograph of a plant from a smart phone to identify which herbicides and pesticides are needed to fight an agricultural disease.<ref name=Forbes17032020/>

He received an investment return of 400 or 500 times from his original stake of $11 million in 2012 with his American company ''Datadog'' after its IPO which has a capitalization of $32 billion at the end of 2020.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name=Forbes17032020/> Datadog was developed from his New York office under the auspices of the software entrepreneur Kirill Sheinkman ({{lang-ru|Кирилл Шейнкман}}).<ref name=Forbes17032020/>

In January 2021, [[VEON]] appointed Boguslavsky to the Group’s Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VEON|url=https://www.veon.com/media/media-releases/2021/veon-appoints-leonid-boguslavsky-as-director/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.veon.com|language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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Boguslavsky is married and has four children. His hobbies include kitesurfing, skiing, triathlon, bicycle racing and extreme travelling. In 2013, he started his first triathlon training and took part in several Ironman races. He managed to get his first podium spot after only six months of training. A year and a half later, being a prizewinner of several races in his age category, he qualified for the [[2015 Ironman World Championship]] in [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]], [[Hawaii]]. He is the founder of Super League Triathlon, having established it in 2017 and has stakes in Zwift which provides equipment for virtual running and virtual cycling.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name="rtp-global.com"/>


Boguslavsky holds Canadian citizenship since 1996. He lives in Italy.<ref name="tri-today">{{cite web |title=Super League issues statement on Leonid Boguslavsky |url=https://tri-today.com/2022/03/super-league-issues-statement-on-leonid-boguslavsky/ |website=Triathlon Today |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> Leonid is not and has not been a tax resident in Russia since February 2015.<ref name="About RTP Global"/>
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In 2013, Boguslavsky together with his mother, Zoya Boguslavskaya, established the Andrei Voznesensky Fund in memory of Zoya's late husband, Russian Poet, Andrei Voznesensky. In 2016, Boguslavsky created the Andrei Voznesensky Center of Culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rb.ru/opinion/bgslvskj/|title=Леонид Богуславский: "Удачные возможности есть у каждого. Надо их распознать и проявить волю"|website=Rusbase}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvrain.ru/lite/teleshow/patrony/boguslavskiy_voznesensky-477271/|title=Как Леонид Богуславский стал миллиардером и открыл центр своего отчима Андрея Вознесенского, чтобы доказать право говорить с ним на равных|first=TV Rain|last=Inc|date=December 19, 2018|website=tvrain.ru}}</ref>


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He is married and has four children. His hobbies include kitesurfing, skiing, triathlon, bicycle racing and extreme travelling. In 2013, he started his first triathlon training and took part in several Ironman races. He managed to get his first podium spot after only six months of training. A year and a half later, being a prizewinner of several races in his age category, he qualified for the [[2015 Ironman World Championship]] in [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]], [[Hawaii]]. He is the founder of Super League Triathlon, having established it in 2017 and has stakes in Zwift which provides equipment for virtual running and virtual cycling.<ref name=ForbesWealth/><ref name="rtp-global.com"/>
Boguslavsky has Russian and Canadian citizenship.


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In 2013, Boguslavsky together with his mother, Zoya Boguslavskaya, established the Andrei Voznesensky Fund in memory of Zoya's late husband, Russian Poet, Andrei Voznesensky. In 2016, Boguslavsky created the {{ill|Andrei Voznesensky Center of Culture|ru| Центр Вознесенского}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rb.ru/opinion/bgslvskj/|title=Леонид Богуславский: "Удачные возможности есть у каждого. Надо их распознать и проявить волю"|website=Rusbase|date=3 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvrain.ru/lite/teleshow/patrony/boguslavskiy_voznesensky-477271/|title=Как Леонид Богуславский стал миллиардером и открыл центр своего отчима Андрея Вознесенского, чтобы доказать право говорить с ним на равных|first=TV Rain|last=Inc|date=December 19, 2018|website=tvrain.ru}}</ref>
==Notes==

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=== Response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine ===
Boguslavsky released a statement in February 2022 calling "for an immediate end to the catastrophic and unjustified war in Ukraine", adding that he "could not remain silent seeing what is happening in Ukraine".
<ref>{{cite web |title=Boguslavsky calls for end to war as SLT looks to set the record straight |url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/leonid-boguslavsky-super-league-triathlon-statement |website=TRI247 |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> The statement included that he "moved from Russia to Canada as a young man to work as a University Professor, and it was from here that he started an investment career that has turned into a global portfolio of successful businesses [...] Leonid has no political ties to Russia".<ref name="tri-today"/> RTP Global has never received an investment from a Russian institution and more than 99% of Boguslavsky's net worth was created outside of Russia.<ref name="Triathlon Magazine"/> It does not invest in Russia.<ref name="I stand for peace"/>


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Leonid Boguslavsky
Born
Леонид Борисович Богуславский

(1951-06-17) 17 June 1951 (age 73)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityCanadian, Russian
Occupation(s)entrepreneur, scientist
ChildrenAnastassia Boguslavskaya, Dimitri Boguslavsky, Zoya Boguslavskaya, Mark Boguslavsky

Leonid Boguslavsky (born June 17, 1951 Moscow, Soviet Union) is a USSR-born Canadian entrepreneur, scientist and venture capital investor. He was named the Internet investor of the year (Forbes, 2012)[1] and the most successful investor of the year (RBC, 2017).[2] He is the founder of RTP Global, a venture capital firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Bangalore and Dubai.[3] He was one of the first investors in companies such as Datadog or Delivery Hero. Boguslavsky is in Forbes' billionaires list.[4] His wealth is self-made from venture capital investments with more than 99% created outside of Russia.[5][6] He is widely considered one of the most successful technology investors.[7] In the global Forbes 2023 ranking, he occupied the 787th place with a fortune of $8.6 billion.[8][9]

Early life

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He was born into the family of writer Zoya Boguslavskaya and scientist-engineer Boris Kagan; he was the stepson of poet Andrei Voznesensky.[10][11]

Boguslavsky studied physics-mathematics at school in Moscow, USSR. In sixth grade he won the Moscow University Biology Olympiad and went on a year later to win the USSR TV Mathematics Olympiad.[12] In 1973 under the rector Fyodor Kochnev, Boguslavsky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering, (MIIT) where his father Boris Kagan taught, majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.[12][13]

From 1973 to 1990, he conducted scientific research at the Institute of Control Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences in mathematics for computer systems and networks. Upon receiving his Doctorate of Science (Engineering), Boguslavsky wrote articles, scientific books and made inventions while heading his own laboratory.[12]

In 1985, together with a team of developers from the Academy of Science of Moldova, Boguslavsky launched a project to create a software system to connect IBM mainframes with Digital minicomputers and personal computers into an integrated computer network. As a result, he was awarded two significant contracts to implement these networks in 1987, one in a Czech coal mining company and another at the Polytechnic University in Slovakia.[12]

Career

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Beginnings (1989-1990)

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In 1989, Boguslavsky started to work in a Soviet Italian joint venture focused on computer network projects in Czechoslovakia. He became deputy director and shareholder of the company.[14]

In 1990, Boguslavsky was offered by Oracle Corporation to distribute Oracle software products in the USSR and he concluded the exclusive distribution agreement with Oracle for the territory of the USSR. He founded LVS in 1990.[12]

From 1991 to 1992, he served as a visiting professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Toronto, Canada.[15]

He returned to Moscow to work for Oracle.

In 1992, Boguslavsky concentrated on his own business – the company LVS which is a systems integration business.[13]

In 1993, LVS developed the Oracle-based information system for the apartment registrar of Moscow.[citation needed]

In 1994, LVS became so dominant as the producer of electronic voting machine equipment and its software that by 1997 PricewaterhouseCoopers chose LVS and its software and equipment as system integrator with Boguslavsky becoming a senior partner and receiving $10 million from Pricewaterhouse's buyout of LVS.[12][13]

In late 1996 Boguslavsky sold LVS to PricewaterhouseCoopers (currently known as PwC) and then became a Managing Partner at PwC, in charge of its Management Consulting Services (MCS) practice in Russia in early 1997.[16]

In December 1999, Boguslavsky met investment bankers Charles Ryan (UFG), Michael Calvey (Baring Vostok) and David Mixer (Rex Capital), who were planning to set up an Internet investment company at that time.[13]

Investment (2000-)

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In 2000, ru-Net Holdings Limited, an investment company with startup capital of $20 million, was jointly founded by Boguslavsky, Charles Ryan of UFG, Michael Calvey of Baring Vostok and David Mixer of Rex Capital. Boguslavsky invested a substantial amount of the total holdings and became chairman of the board of directors. In the same year, ru-Net Holdings Limited invested in Yandex, paying $5.27 million for a 35% stake, and in the online retailer Ozon.ru, buying a controlling stake for $3 million. Both projects were part of big IT companies – Comptek and Reksoft as non-core businesses; thus, they became two independent companies due to the investments. After Boguslavsky decided to leave PwC and focus on investing in Internet companies. However, he still had his position in PwC for one more year to look for a successor and arrange the formalities of the handover. Boguslavsky left PwC in 2001 and became CEO and chairman of the board of directors of ru-Net Holdings.[17]

During 2000 and 2001, ru-Net Holdings survived the dot-com crisis, although some investors intended to exit the business and distribute the remaining funds. Some investors were especially concerned about the future of Yandex, whose revenues were low at the time.[citation needed]

ru-Net Holdings made its first investments in a couple of system integration and software development companies in 2002, buying stakes in TopS (Russia-based enterprise management systems integrator) and VDI (offshore programming). Later, VDI merged with Epam to become the largest offshore programming and software outsourcing company in Central and Eastern Europe and launched an IPO on NASDAQ. ru-Net Holdings restructured its business in 2006 with only Yandex shares left and the company changed its name to Internet Search Investment Limited (ISIL). Other assets (including shares of Ozon.ru, TopS, and VDI) were distributed among the shareholders of ru-Net Holdings. As a result, Boguslavsky was still a significant shareholder of ISIL and, accordingly, a beneficiary of shareholding in Yandex (he had also invested additional funds) on one hand and obtained corresponding stakes in all other assets on the other hand.[17]

In 2006 he set up his own investment company ru-Net Limited that took control of his assets and made new investments in IT and Internet technologies and services. VDI merged with Epam, and TopS joined Systematica (Russian: «Систематика») and the AND Project companies transforming into Systematica Group. Boguslavsky became chairman of its board of directors. Later a large stake in the Group was bought by A1. Later Systematica Group acquired a large distributor, Landata. ru-Net Limited also owned Energodata, a big IT outsourcing company supporting SAP systems in Russia's federal electric grid sector. Additionally, ru-Net established PSI Energo, a joint venture with the German software company PSI AG, to introduce dispatching information systems into electric grids.[18] The former head of Microsoft in Russia, Olga Dergunova (Russian: Ольга Дергунова), will be an independent director.[18]

In 2007 Boguslavsky invested in HeadHunter and iContext. Boguslavsky left the board of directors in Yandex in 2008 as he started investing in companies that could potentially create a conflict of interest with Yandex.[19]

Yandex floated 17.6% of its shares on NASDAQ for $1.3 billion on 24 May 2011. Boguslavsky sold a small portion of his shares during the IPO. He partly used the funds (about $60 million) to invest in the purchase of new shares in Ozon, leading to the largest investment ($100 million) in an Internet company in Russian history.[20]

In 2011 Leonid set up a US-based subsidiary, the venture capital company - ru-Net Technology Partners (RTP Ventures), opening a New York office. Headed by Kirill Sheynkman, RTP actively invests in early-stage companies in the US market with investments in Big Data, SaaS, cloud computing, Fintech, Health Care, IoT and Information Security. ru-Net also started investing in Europe and India. Among some of the early investments was German startup Delivery Hero that later in 2017 was valuated at €4.5 billion at IPO.[21]

In India, Boguslavsky invested in Practo, Faasos, Snapdeal and other companies. In the United States his investments include RingCentral, which had a successful IPO in 2013.[22]

In 2016, Boguslavsky invested in European internet company Urban Sport Club, that sells passes to sport and fitness clubs. He also co-founded the first professional international league in triathlon - Super League Triathlon (SLT).[23] His partners are the triathlon athlete Chris McCormack and Michael D’Hulst.[6]

In October 2018, ru-Net rebranded to RTP Global.[24]

He received an investment return of 400 or 500 times from his original stake of $11 million in 2012 with his American company Datadog after its IPO which has a capitalization of $32 billion at the end of 2020, generating approximately $5 billion in profit.[12][25]

RTP Global

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In 2020, Leonid set up RTP Global third fund of $650 million.[26] RTP Global manages assets in excess of $3 billion as of early 2022.

In all of RTP Global's funds since inception, the vast majority of capital has derived from him.[27] He contributes >99% of the capital in the current fund, the vast majority of his wealth having been created in Europe and in the US.

RTP Global does not invest in Russia.[28] Its portfolio includes businesses from 18 countries across the world.[27]

Personal life

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Boguslavsky holds Canadian citizenship since 1996. He lives in Italy.[29] Leonid is not and has not been a tax resident in Russia since February 2015.[27]

He is married and has four children. His hobbies include kitesurfing, skiing, triathlon, bicycle racing and extreme travelling. In 2013, he started his first triathlon training and took part in several Ironman races. He managed to get his first podium spot after only six months of training. A year and a half later, being a prizewinner of several races in his age category, he qualified for the 2015 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. He is the founder of Super League Triathlon, having established it in 2017 and has stakes in Zwift which provides equipment for virtual running and virtual cycling.[12][16]

In 2013, Boguslavsky together with his mother, Zoya Boguslavskaya, established the Andrei Voznesensky Fund in memory of Zoya's late husband, Russian Poet, Andrei Voznesensky. In 2016, Boguslavsky created the Andrei Voznesensky Center of Culture [ru].[30][31]

Response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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Boguslavsky released a statement in February 2022 calling "for an immediate end to the catastrophic and unjustified war in Ukraine", adding that he "could not remain silent seeing what is happening in Ukraine". [32] The statement included that he "moved from Russia to Canada as a young man to work as a University Professor, and it was from here that he started an investment career that has turned into a global portfolio of successful businesses [...] Leonid has no political ties to Russia".[29] RTP Global has never received an investment from a Russian institution and more than 99% of Boguslavsky's net worth was created outside of Russia.[5] It does not invest in Russia.[28]

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