Nikolay Storonsky (born 21 July 1984) is a British businessman of Russian origin. He is the co-founder and CEO of the

financial technology Fintech, a portmanteau of "financial technology", refers to firms using new technology to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data are ...

company

Revolut Revolut is a British financial technology company that offers banking services, but did not have a UK banking licence. Headquartered in London, it was founded in 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko. It offers accounts featuring currency ...

. Storonsky was born into the family of a senior

Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the larges ...

manager. His father Nikolay Mironovich Storonsky was born in Ukraine and is Deputy

General Director A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'' ) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...

of Science for natural gas research institute Gazprom Promgaz since 2017, and First Deputy General Director for Science Gazprom Promgaz OAO. Storonsky studied for a master's degree in physics at the

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

, and during this time became a state champion swimmer. He completed a separate masters in economics at New Economic School in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. Later he worked as a trader at

Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Gol ...

and

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and is one of the nine global " ...

. He left the banking industry to found digital-only banking app

. In 2021, Revolut became the biggest fintech firm in the United Kingdom. At the age of 20, Storonsky emigrated to the United Kingdom and acquired British citizenship. In 2022, he condemned the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. He renounced Russian citizenship in October 2022. Storonsky made the 2022

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...

Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $7.1 billion and occupied the 336th position. Welp Magazine also named him in the following lists: '101 UK Founder & CEO’s To Follow in 2022' and '101 UK CEO’s To Follow in 2022'.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Storonsky, Nikolay 1984 births Living people British businesspeople British billionaires 20th-century British businesspeople 21st-century British businesspeople Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine