Yitzchak Mirilashvili

Yitzchak Mirilashvili (born Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Mirilashvili; ; born 1984) is an Israeli investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.[1] He is a co-founder of VK (Vkontakte.ru), Russia's largest social network. Mirilashvili lives in Israel, where he oversees his businesses as well as various charitable foundations and causes.[2] Mirilashvili is the controlling shareholder of Israel's Channel 14[3] and in The economy channel.

Early life

Mirilashvili was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1984. His father, Michael Mirilashvili, is Georgian Jewish and a Russian-Georgian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist.[4][5]

Career

VK

Mirilashvili co-founded VK in 2006 with friends Lev Leviev and Pavel Durov,[7][8] where he served as chairman and majority shareholder. VK became Russia's largest social network.[9] with over 500 million active users.[9] Mirilashvili, Leviev and Durov raised capital from Digital Sky Technologies, headed by Yuri Milner. In 2013,[10] at the age of 29, Mirilashvili sold his remaining shares in VKontakte for a valuation in excess of $1 billion,[11][12] making him one of Israel's wealthiest citizens.[13]

Plarium

Mirilashvili was a 35% shareholder in Plarium,[14] an F2P mobile and online gaming company founded in 2009. Mirilashvili held a material stake in Plarium, which in 2017 was sold to Aristocrat, a publicly held Australian company, for an estimated $500 million.[15]

The Kuf Dalet Group

Mirilashvili is the sole shareholder and chairman of The Kuf Dalet Group, a holding company that manages his group's investment portfolio and is headquartered in Herziliya.[16] Kuf Dalet invests in real estate and infrastructure primarily within the United States, Israel, Russia and Europe.

Kuf Dalet is the controlling shareholder in Rothstein Real Estate Co, Ltd., an Israeli residential real-estate development company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[17] and a member of the TA Real-Estate Index.[18]

The group's holdings in Israel include commercial and retail portfolios of properties in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and adjacent suburbs. In the United States, Mirilashvili's real estate portfolio is concentrated in New York City as well in the Midwest and Southeast regions, with commercial and retail assets.

Yesodot Private Equity was launched by the group in 2014, creating a fund for investing in energy storage, development and infrastructure projects in Israel and abroad.[19] Yesodot acquired an 18% stake in Israel's IPM Be'er Tuvia power plant development project in 2018,

Other projects

In addition, Mirilashvili is the controlling shareholder in Israel's Channel 14, a broadcast news channel which began as a Jewish heritage programming outlet that targets the conservative-leaning political spectrum.[23]

In 2019, Mirilashvili was included in TheMarker's list of top 100 influential people in Israel in the field of business.[24]

alt	Portrait of Yitzchak Mirilashvili
native name	יצחק מירילשוילי
birth date	1984 (age 42)
birth place	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
native name lang	he
other names	Slava Mirilashvili
alma mater	Tufts University
occupation	Businessman
known for	Business and philanthropy
notable works	Co-founder of VK, controlling shareholder of Israel's Channel 14.

Yitzchak Mirilashvili

Early life

Career

VK

Plarium

The Kuf Dalet Group

Other projects

Philanthropy

Chabad and Channel 14

References

Early life

Career

VK

Plarium

The Kuf Dalet Group

Other projects

Philanthropy

Yaffa and Aryeh Deri-related donations

Chabad and Channel 14

References