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Alexander Filatov (entrepreneur)

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Alexander Filatov
Born (1975-02-04) February 4, 1975 (age 49)
Alexandrov, Russia
EducationMoscow Aviation Institute, Swiss Business School Lausanne
Years active1994–present
EmployerGeneral Director
OrganizationRussian Machines

Alexander Valeryevich Filatov (born 4 February 1975, Alexandrov, Vladimir region, Russia) is a Russian technology entrepreneur, formerly a top manager in the engineering and consumer goods (FMCG) industries and an angel investor. As of 2024, he is the head of EverX (formerly TON Labs). Prior to that, he was CEO of Russian Machines (2010–2011) and Arkley Capital (2014–2015) holdings, as well as the operating company RM-Terex (2012–2013), a joint venture between Russian Machines and the US-based Terex Corporation.

Biography

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Education

1997 — Moscow Aviation Institute, speciality — engineer-economist.

2004 — Executive MBA degree at Swiss Business School Lausanne (Magna Cum Laude).

Career

From 1994 to 1995 he was the president of the AIESEC chapter of MAI. From 1994 to 1999, he held the position of marketing manager at Procter & Gamble in Russia, and from 2000 at the European division in Geneva, Switzerland.[1][2] There he also worked as a director. In 2003 he became vice president for strategy and business development at Kaskol.[3]

He has been director of strategy and business development at Russian Machines Corporation since 2005 and was appointed general director in 2010.[4] In 2012, he became the head of RM-Terex.[5]

In 2014, he became CEO of Arkley Capital Holding.[6][7] In 2016 and 2017, he founded SP Capital, Genesis Holding, a venture capital fund Industry 4.0.[8] Since 2018, he has held a senior position at EverX (formerly TON Labs), which is the developer of the Everscale platform (formerly Free TON).[9][10][11][12]

Social activities

He is a member of YPO, VNTR Capital Venture Club.[13][14] In 2010—2015 he was a member of the Central Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of the Russian Federation.

Awarded the Medal ‘For Loyalty to Aviation’. In 2015, he became a member of the international Non-Executive Directors' Club organised by the Financial Times.

Interview

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References

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  1. ^ "Underestimated blockchain: How the developers of the TON platform launched under a different name and raised $6m in funding". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  2. ^ "Alexander Valeryevich FILATOV - biography, news, photos, date of birth, press dossier. GlobalMSK.ru personalities". globalmsk.ru. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ^ "Cascol Group announced changes in its management structure". Ведомости (in Russian). 2004-10-27. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  4. ^ "Russian Machines has changed drivers". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  5. ^ "Russian Machines changes CEO and will search for new industrial partners". Ведомости (in Russian). 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  6. ^ "Arkley Capital is headed by an employee of Russian Machines". Ведомости (in Russian). 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  7. ^ "Trubnikov will be rolled as Russian Machines". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  8. ^ "Entrepreneur Alexander Filatov about the main trends in blockchain in 2024 - Argumenty Nedeli". Аргументы Недели. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  9. ^ "Underestimated blockchain: How the developers of the TON platform launched under a different name and raised $6m in funding". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  10. ^ "Entrepreneur Alexander Filatov about the main trends in blockchain in 2024 - Argumenty Nedeli". Аргументы Недели. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  11. ^ "Alexander Filatov , Investor in blockchain infrastructure projects". events.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  12. ^ "'Free TON is the first blockchain to be born free'". Компьютерра (in Russian). 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  13. ^ "How a former top manager of P&G and Russian Machines launched a high-tech fund" (in Russian). 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  14. ^ "Entrepreneur Alexander Filatov on the main trends in blockchain in 2024 - Argumenty Nedeli". Аргументы Недели. Retrieved 2024-10-02.