Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Emerging Leaders: Yuri Milner, CEO, DST

Thomas White Global Investing
January 25, 2011

Emerging Leaders


Yuri Milner, CEO, DST

Yuri Milner

Yuri Milner is the CEO of Digital Sky Technologies (DST), an investment firm based in Russia. But these days, he is more often known as the "Russian who invested in Facebook." Indeed, Milner created waves in the tech world in 2009 when he first purchased a 2% stake worth $200 million in the social networking company. With a sole focus on investing in the Internet, he now owns interests in various companies that are fast transforming into the new stars of cyberspace.

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