Valentin Kipyatkov (born June 5, 1976) is a Russian billionaire. He made his fortune from the software firm

JetBrains JetBrains s.r.o. (formerly IntelliJ Software s.r.o.) is a Czech software development company which makes tools for software developers and project managers. , the company has offices in Prague; Munich; Berlin; Boston, Massachusetts; Amsterda ...

, co-founded with Sergey Dmitriev. He resides primarily in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. He graduated from

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

.https://www.jetbrains.com/company/people/ JB

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Russian billionaires Living people 1976 births Place of birth missing (living people) Saint Petersburg State University alumni Businesspeople from Prague Russian emigrants to the Czech Republic {{Russia-bio-stub