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Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner (Russian: Юрий Борисович (Бенционович) Мильнер; born 11 November 1961) is a Soviet-born Israeli entrepreneur, investor, physicist and scientist.
Yuri Milner is an Israeli technology investor and science philanthropist. Both scientists and tech entrepreneurs ask big questions about reality – the physical, biological and social worlds – and imagine solutions. Solutions that deepen our knowledge and enrich our lives.
6 days ago · In five years physics geek Yuri Milner has nearly quadrupled his investment by picking the world’s biggest web hits. Here’s how he cracked open China, and why he’s still losing sleep over ...
May 6, 2024 · Yuri Milner (born November 11, 1961, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist whose innovative investment techniques and prescient awareness of the commercial potential of the Internet revolutionized venture-capital investment strategies in the 2010s. Milner grew up in a Jewish family in Moscow.
DST Global. Founding. In 2009, Yuri founded the technology investment company DST Global to focus exclusively on internet investments globally. Fundraising. DST Global funds have not raised capital from Russian investors since 2011 (DST Global II).
Yuri Milner is a science philanthropist and technology investor. In 2012 he co-founded the Breakthrough Prize along with his wife Julia, Sergei Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, and Anne Wojcicki.
May 26, 2016 · Last month, Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner announced plans to send thousands of tiny spacecraft to visit Alpha Centauri, the closest star system at 4.4 light-years from Earth. Dubbed Breakthrough Starshot, the mission aims to take close-up images and collect data from any potentially habitable planets there.
