Dmitry Volkov is a Russian entrepreneur, participant of the TV show "Secret Millionaire". He invests a lot in art in its various incarnations. He is engaged in the promotion of his companies. He is a Doctor of Philosophy.
Volkov Dmitry Borisovich - Russian businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist. Likes to talk about philosophy and contemporary art more than about money. He defended his doctorate in philosophy, often holds various events for creative people, sponsors exhibitions at the Tretyakov Gallery.
Biography
Dmitry Volkov was born in Moscow on July 9, 1976. In 1998 he graduated from the history faculty of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, postgraduate studies at IMEiMO, specializing in International Relations. He holds an Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree from the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. In 2008 he successfully defended his thesis "Inspiration and critical thinking are the foundation for innovation." In 2017 he became a Doctor of Philosophy.
From an early age he had a penchant for entrepreneurship, so after graduating from the Faculty of History he did not go to work in his specialty. Even in his student years, he decided what he wanted to do in life. Therefore, he immediately began to promote his business project, armed with the support of foreign partners.
He founded the Social Discovery Ventures holding, which has invested finance in various business areas. One of them was a website through which drivers could find fellow travelers. Another project was an Internet portal through which people got to know each other.
I decided to take up scientific activity closer to the age of 27, when everything was already in order with the business. Dmitry felt a craving for knowledge of the world, so the choice fell on the philosophy faculty of Moscow State University. The small group, in which the businessman studied, gathered true admirers of philosophy. A little later, Volkov helps to open a research center for consciousness.
He prefers to hide his personal life. The only information that the businessman has a daughter is not in an official relationship. He is fond of alpine skiing, music. In his free time he writes books on philosophy. Has a huge estate, personal helicopter.
Career
The first business was opened at the age of 14, when a friend offered to employ peers. This is how the children's labor exchange appeared. "Moskovsky Komsomolets" wrote about her. The guys with their parents began to come, bring applications.
In the 90s, he was one of the activists of the Fido network, the prototype of the Internet. In those days, Dmitry was still a student, he was engaged in translations. Once an American asked if a young man could find programmers to translate from ColdFusion to ASP.
The young man said he could for a decent fee. First one good programmer was found, then another. After 4 years there were already 200 of them. So the company SDVentures was founded. Dmitry himself was bad at programming, but he could easily arrange work, establish contacts between clients and programmers.
Main directions of work:
One of the areas of work of the famous entrepreneur was the opening of spin-off companies. The online sales management system, for example, eventually evolved into PayOnline, which provided processing services for online stores.
Another company was created to train employees. SoftwarePeople is no coincidence. The entrepreneur spent a lot of time teaching teams. Foreign experts often came. This became known in narrow circles. Other businessmen also wanted to send their workers to such training.
The UsabilityLab company appeared suddenly. Dmitry Satin, a strong interface designer, was hired. The work was going well until they noticed that some employees also had time to complete orders “on the side”. It was decided not to fire them, but to make a separate business. After a while, the company became one of the most profitable. The projects were drawn up for such large companies as Beeline, MTS.
The latest contribution, with $ 1 million, was made to the academic social network Academia.edu. According to Volkov, a revolution similar to the one that happened in other spheres awaits the scientific sphere. Music and video content became available through subscription. Scientific publications are still controlled by publishers.
Art and creativity
In 2017 Volkov takes part in the television project "The Secret Millionaire". It became an opportunity to get out of your comfort zone, to look at the world from a different angle. It was a new life experience when you had to rely on strangers.
The entrepreneur is fond of piloting helicopters, plays the piano and is in a jazz group. He is a philanthropist in the field of art. Active activity:
held a street piano festival in Moscow;
- organized an exhibition in Riga called Superconduction: challenge of art & technology;
- supported the festival of transcendental pianos in the Muzeon park;
- together with Andrey Bartenev presented his project at the Burning Man festival “Aliens? - Yes! ".
In the spring of 2015, he supported the release of a series of albums "Actual Art" dedicated to the work of Russian artists. Together with Oleg Kulik, he held several actions. Since January 2016, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tretyakov Gallery Support Fund. In March 2018, he acted as an opponent in a discussion with Tatyana Chernigovskaya about artificial intelligence.
