Leonid Boguslavsky

About

Leonid Boguslavsky is the founder and Chairman of RTP Global, a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in technology companies. **Background:** * Born in Moscow, USSR, on June 17, 1951. * He is a USSR-born Canadian entrepreneur, scientist, and venture capital investor. * Boguslavsky received the title of Internet Investor of the Year by Forbes in 2012 and Most Successful Investor of the Year by RBC in 2017. * Before becoming a venture capitalist, he built one of Russia's largest IT solutions integrators in the early 1990s. * In 1997, Boguslavsky sold his IT company to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and remained as a senior partner responsible for Management Consulting Services. * He started his career as a scientist, specializing in performance evaluation and computer systems modeling. * He has a Ph.D. and a Doctorate. * As of April 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $4.4 billion. * Forbes Billionaires list (2025): #688. * Canadian citizen. * Residence: Florence, Italy. **RTP Global:** * Founded as ru-Net in 2000 in Russia; rebranded to RTP Global in 2018. * RTP Global is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. * The firm has offices in New York, London, Paris, Bangalore, and Dubai. It has no offices or operational presence in Russia. * RTP Global's capital comes primarily from Leonid Boguslavsky. He contributes over 99% of the capital in the current fund. RTP Global has never recei