Forbes August 22, 2024
Iain Martin

Brothers Igor and Dmitri Bukhman are giving away some of their $18 billion fortune, built by scaling startup Playrix into one of the world’s largest mobile game developers.

Two of Europe’s wealthiest tech billionaires, brothers Igor and Dmitri Bukhman, have quietly set up a charitable foundation.

The Bukhman Family Foundation intends to bankroll research into a cure for type 1 diabetes, as well as providing funding for science, education and the arts, according to the website of Rix Capital, the Bukhmans’ family office, and legal filings from 2023.

The new foundation recently supported a commission by artist Alvaro Barrington at London’s Tate Britain gallery, and was recently hiring staff to run a “wellness” project offering nutrition and parenting workshops at...

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