Dimitri Semenikhin (born December 15, 1996) is a Russian businessman and writer. Semenikhin is the founder of the
Yacht Harbour
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media holding and author of 5 science-fiction novels.
Early years
Semenikhin was born in Moscow, Russia on December 15, 1996 and moved to the Principality of
Monaco in 1999 with his parents,
Vladimir Semenikhin
Vladimir Anatolievich Semenikhin (born August 31, 1967) is a Russian businessman, philanthropist, art collector and honorary consul. Semenikhin is the president of the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Chairman of the board of directors at Stroytek ...
and
Ekaterina Semenikhin.
In 2010 he published Galaxie Envahie at the Editions Persée which was followed by Galaxie Envahie II (2011), Galaxie Envahie III (2012) and Le Bien de l'Humanité (2012). Semenikhin switched publishers in 2014 and released The Ghost and the Storyteller with US-based, LOF.
Business
Semenikhin founded
Yacht Harbour
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
in December 2014 in
Monaco and launched the company's web-platform in January 2015 which
Investopedia
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named one of the 4 best platforms to find superyachts. In November 2015, he participated in the launch of his company's natural language processing interface, Brook.
Together with Gualtiero Giori, he co-founded FLOAT, a French startup allowing its users to rent yachts by the seat, in June 2017.
Owler estimates Semenikhin's holding's company revenue at $4.4 million (2016).
References
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1996 births
Living people
Russian male writers
Russian science fiction writers
Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom