Yuri Milner

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Yuri Milner is a Russian-Israeli billionaire technology investor and philanthropist known for backing major internet companies and creating high-profile science awards such as the Breakthrough Prizes.

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instanceOf billionaire
businessperson
human
philanthropist
technology investor
birthCountry Soviet Union
birthDate 1961-11-11
birthPlace Moscow
citizenship Israel
Russia
coFounded Breakthrough Initiatives
Breakthrough Junior Challenge
Breakthrough Listen
Breakthrough Prize Foundation
surface form: Breakthrough Prize

Fundamental Physics Prize
surface form: Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
Breakthrough Starshot
Breakthrough Watch
educatedAt Moscow State University
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
familyName Milner
fieldOfWork philanthropy
technology investment
venture capital
founded DST Global
Milner Foundation
givenName Yuri
investedIn Airbnb
Alibaba Group
Facebook
Groupon
JD.com
Spotify
Twitter, Inc.
surface form: Twitter

WhatsApp
Xiaomi
Zynga
knownFor early-stage investments in social media companies
large-scale internet investments via DST Global
supporting basic science and mathematics
languageSpoken English
Russian
name Yuri Milner self-link
notableFor co-founding the Breakthrough Prize
founding DST Global
funding fundamental science initiatives
investing in major internet companies
occupation entrepreneur
investor
philanthropist
residence Israel

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Breakthrough Initiatives founder Yuri Milner
Breakthrough Initiatives keyPerson Yuri Milner
Yuri Milner name Yuri Milner self-link
Milner Foundation foundedBy Yuri Milner
Milner Foundation namedAfter Yuri Milner
Milner Foundation associatedWith Yuri Milner