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Dmitry Bukhman

Дмитрий Бухман

Co-founded Playrix with brother Igor — together they built one of the world's biggest mobile gaming empires

🇮🇪 Fame: Ireland🇷🇺 Origin: Russia👤 Self (Born there)🗣 Russian: Fluent
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Profile #1070
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Russian originRussiaRussia
AncestrySelf (Born there)-
RussianFluent
CategoryTech & BusinessTier B
Biography

Dmitry Bukhmanentrepreneur with roots in the Russia

Dmitry Bukhman is a Russian-born entrepreneur who co-founded Playrix with his brother Igor — one of the world's largest mobile gaming companies with billions of downloads. He co-manages the company's global operations from Ireland alongside his brother.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Russia

The Bukhman brothers — Igor and Dmitry — built Playrix together from Russia into a global mobile gaming powerhouse. Their story is one of the most successful examples of Russian programming talent creating a globally dominant consumer product. Their collaboration represents the best of the Russian technical education tradition applied to consumer software.

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Dmitry Bukhman🇮🇪 Ireland
Self (Born there)
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Origin
Russia🇷🇺 Russia
Historical context
Post-Soviet states · since 1991
Map of the Post-Soviet states

Russia. Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.

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Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

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Co-founded Playrix with brother Igor — billions of game downloads worldwide
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Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Township — dominant mobile puzzle games
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Playrix valued at $7+ billion
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Built global gaming company from Russian roots, based in Ireland
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One of the most successful Russian brother entrepreneurial partnerships
Russian-speakingpost-Sovietbillionaire
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