Dmitry Volkov is a Russian entrepreneur, a participant in the Secret Millionaire TV show. He invests a lot of money in art in its various incarnations. Engaged in the promotion of their firms. He is a doctor of philosophical sciences.
Volkov Dmitry Borisovich - Russian businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist. He likes to talk about philosophy and contemporary art more than about money. He defended his doctorate in philosophy, often holds various events for creative people, sponsors exhibitions in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Biography
Dmitry Volkov was born in Moscow on July 9, 1976. In 1998 he graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, graduate school of IMEiMO in the specialty "International Relations". He has an Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo. In 2008, he successfully defended his Ph.D. “Inspiration and critical thinking is the foundation for innovation.” In 2017, he became a doctor of philosophical sciences.
From an early age, he had a penchant for entrepreneurship, so after graduating from the faculty of history he did not go to work in his specialty. Back in his student years he decided what he wants to do in life. Therefore, he immediately began to promote his business project, armed with the support of foreign partners.
He founded the Social Discovery Ventures holding, which invested finance in various business areas. One of them was a site through which drivers could find fellow travelers. Another project was the Internet portal, through which people got to know each other.
He decided to take up scientific activity closer to 27 years, when everything was already in order with the business. Dmitry felt a craving for knowledge of the world, so the choice fell on the philosophical faculty of Moscow State University. In a small group in which the businessman studied, true fans of philosophy gathered. A little later, Volkov helps to open a research center of consciousness.
He prefers to hide his personal life. The only information is that the businessman has a daughter who is not in official relations. He is fond of skiing, music. In his free time he writes books on philosophy. Has a huge estate, a private helicopter.
Career
The first business was opened at age 14, when a friend offered to employ peers. So there was a children's labor exchange. About her wrote "Moscow Komsomolets." The guys began to come with their parents, to bring applications.
In the 90s, he was one of the activists of the Fido network, a prototype of the Internet. In those days, Dmitry was still a student, engaged in translations. Once an American asked if a young man could find programmers to translate from ColdFusion to ASP.
The young man said that he could for a decent fee. First, one good programmer was found, then the second. After 4 years, there were already 200 of them. So the company SDVentures was founded. Dmitry himself didn’t succeed in programming, but he could easily build work, establish contacts between clients and programmers.
The main areas of work:
One of the work directions of the famous entrepreneur was the opening of spin-off companies. The online sales management system, for example, has evolved over time into PayOnline, which provided processing services for online stores.
Another company was created to train employees. SoftwarePeople appeared by chance. The entrepreneur devoted a lot of time to training teams. Foreign experts often came. This became known in narrow circles. Other businessmen also wanted to send their employees to such training.
UsabilityLab company appeared suddenly. The job was to take a strong interface designer Dmitry Satin. The work went well until they noticed that some employees still manage to fulfill orders “on the side”. It was decided not to fire them, but to make a separate business. After some time, the company became one of the most profitable. Projects were drawn up for such large companies as Beeline, MTS.
The last contribution of $ 1 million was made to the academic scientists.edu social network. According to Volkov, a scientific revolution awaits a revolution similar to that which happened in other areas. Music and video content became available through subscription. Scientific publications are still controlled by publishers.
