Max Polyakov is an international businessman, scientist and philanthropist
Max Polyakov
@Entrepreneurs, Career and Childhood
Jun 30, 1977
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: June 30, 1977
- Nationality: Ukrainian
- Famous: Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Business People, Internet Entrepreneurs, Scientists
- Hobbies: Fishing, Rocketry, Collecting Kasli iron sculptures
- Known as: Maxym Valeriyovych Polyakov
- Universities:
- Dnipropetrovsk National University (2013)
- Zaporizhzhya State University (2000)
- Founder / Co-Founder:
- Firefly Aerospace
- EOS
- Association Noosphere
- Maxymiser
- Murka LLC
- Cupid Plc.
- General Partner at the Noosphere Ventures Partners.
Max Polyakov born at
Zaporizhzhya
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Birth Place
Away from the office, Max Polyakov is a dedicated husband and a devoted father to his four children.
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Personal Life
Max Polyakov was born on June 30, 1977, in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.
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Childhood & Early Life
He graduated with a degree in medicine from Zaporizhzhya State Medical University in 2000.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 2001, Max Polyakov started his first company, IT-Ukraine. The outsourcing company was one of the first IT companies in south-eastern Ukraine and created software for US and European customers. In just four years, the company grew from 6 to 93 employees.
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Career
Building on this foundation of success in the online world, he co-founded several startups over the next two years including HitDynamics, Cupid Plc (initially Easydate) and Maxymiser.
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In 2006, when HitDynamics was sold to the US company Hitwise (Experian Hitwise), the world leader in online consumer search and behavior intelligence, Max became vice-president of Hitwise.
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In 2006, Max Polyakov co-founded Maxymiser. During the time Max was CEO and later the non-executive Director, the company attracted about $15 million of external investments and became a global expert in multivariate testing, personalization and optimization. As a result, Maxymiser attracted brands, such as Hertz, Teleflora, and Time Warner Cable. In 2015, Maxymiser was purchased by Oracle.
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In 2010, he supervised the IPO launch of Cupid PLC on the London stock exchange as LSE AIM:CUP. Under the direction of Max Polyakov Cupid has become a market leader and a key player in the online dating industry. The company has over 54 million members and generated revenues of $83 million in 2011.
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Career
In 2009, while operating a string of successful startups, Dr. Polyakov began a postgraduate study at Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine, which he finished 3 years later in 2011.
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Academic Works
In 2013 he graduated with a PhD in International Economics. The topic of his thesis was A Paradigm Model for Information Technology Development in the Global Economy and Forms for its Realization.
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Academic Works
He continues to be a prolific writer and has published more than 20 scientific papers on various topics. Two of his most popular papers are “Internet-based system-semiotic technology and marketing technologies for management of national economy objects” and “The Development of logical and legal fundamentals of innovation processes in information technologies as innovative task of national importance”.
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Academic Works
Along with these academic pursuits, Dr. Polyakov co-authored a dozen US patents including a unified ID system to allow users to enter and aggregate, as well as manage and control their personal data, and an Ontological System and variants of its use.
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Academic Works