Serguei Beloussov

Serguei Beloussov
Born (1971-08-02) August 2, 1971
St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality Singaporean
Education Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Occupation Businessman, investor, speaker, entrepreneur
Years active 1992-present
Known for Founder and CEO of Acronis
Board member of

Serguei Beloussov (born August 2, 1971) Ph.D. is a Russian-born Singaporean businessman, entrepreneur, investor and speaker. Beloussov is the co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Acronis, a global data protection company, and is the senior founding partner of Runa Capital, a technology investment firm.[1] He is also executive chairman of the board and chief architect of Parallels, Inc., a virtualization technology company,[2][3] and co-founder and chairman of the board of Acumatica, an enterprise resource planning software (ERP) company.[4][5]

Beloussov is also co-founder of QWave Capital, chairman of the board of trustees for the Russian Quantum Center, and sits on the governing board of the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore.[6][7]

Early life and education

Beloussov was born in 1971 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His parents were physics professors at Saint Petersburg State University, and Beloussov attended a specialized school for mathematics and physics students.[8]

Beloussov later attended the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor's degree in Physics. He received his Master's in Physics and Electrical Engineering in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2007.[9]

Career

While earning his masters, Beloussov co-founded his first business, Unium (Phystech College), which provided science students with course materials.[8] In 1992, he began working at a Russian computer company called Sunrise. Beloussov expanded the company's operations to 10 subsidiaries, becoming one of the largest PC retailers in Russia by the time he left in 1994. After leaving Sunrise, Beloussov founded and co-owned two companies, Rolsen Electronics, which has become one the largest consumer electronics manufacturers in Russia, and Solomon Software SEA, a distributor and developer arm of mid-market ERP vendor Solomon Software in South-East Asia. Solomon Software was later acquired by Microsoft and is now known as Microsoft Dynamics SL.[10]

In 2000, Beloussov founded SWsoft, a privately held server automation and virtualization software company and the then-parent company of Parallels, Inc. and Acronis Inc.[11]

Acronis

In 2001, Beloussov founded Acronis as a storage management business unit of SWsoft. In 2003, Acronis was re-organized as a separate entity focused on backup and data protection software.[12] Acronis employs over 700 worldwide and its products are sold in 15 languages around the world.[8][13]

Beloussov has served on the Board of Directors since 2002. From 2007 to 2011, he turned his focus on Parallels, acting as CEO of the company. During this time he also founded a pair of venture capital funds, Runa Captical and QWave Capital. He returned as CEO of Acronis in May 2013, replacing former CEO Alex Pinchev.[14][15][16]

Parallels, Inc.

Parallels, Inc. was initially a server automation and virtualization software unit of SWsoft before it was spun off into as a separate entity and maintained its own distinct branding. In December 2007, SWsoft announced its plans to change its name to Parallels and ship both companies' products under the Parallels name. The merger was formalized in January 2008.[17][18] From 2007 to 2013, Beloussov led the company as CEO, while remaining on the board of directors at Acronis.[10][19]

Beloussov stepped down as CEO and serves as the executive chairman of the board and chief architect of Parallels, Inc. The company has more than 900 employees across offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia and as of 2012 it had 5,000 customers and partners worldwide.[20] Odin Automation, a service automation platform company owned by Parallels and founded by Beloussov, was sold to Ingram Micro in December 2015.[21]

Runa Capital

In August 2010, Beloussov co-founded Runa Capital with Dmitry Chikhachev and Ilya Zubarev. The $135 million technology venture capital firm that was created "to seek growth opportunities in the rapidly growing areas of the tech sector, with specific focus on cloud computing and other hosted services, virtualization and mobile applications." Beloussov and Zubarev are senior partners at the investment firm. Since 2010, Runa Capital has invested in over 30 companies with a combined $10 billion in assets. Runa Capital's largest investment was a $10 million Series C funding round of Acumatica on November 18, 2013.[22][23]

Other ventures

Beloussov is a co-founder and chairman of the board at Acumatica, a global cloud ERP company founded in 2007 with offices in Moscow, Singapore and Washington D.C.[24][25]

In 2012, Beloussov, Serguei Kouzmine and Zubarev co-founded QWave Capital, a VC firm "focused on seeking out early stage private companies with breakthrough quantum technology."[26][27] The company has offices in Moscow, Boston, and New York. QWave Capital has over $300 million in funds and has invested in four quantum technology companies: ID Quantique, Nano Meta Technologies, Clifton and Centrice.[28]

Beloussov is also chairman of the board of trustees of the Russian Quantum Center, a quantum scientific research center located in the Skolkovo innovation hub outside of Moscow whose management board includes physicists from a number of countries including Nobel Prize winners and entrepreneurs with experience on science-based technology investing.[29] In 2012, Beloussov joined the Governing Board of the Centre for Quantum Technologies.[30] The Singapore-based research institute is a Research Centre of Excellence hosted by the National University of Singapore. The Centre brings together quantum physicists and computer scientists to explore the quantum nature of reality and the fundamental limits of information processing.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Team". Runa Capital. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Loukianoff, Peter N. (September 22, 2009). "Russia's Other Natural Resource". Forbes. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Russian VC Invests $60 Million ($16.6 Million) In Israeli High Tech". Jewish Business Journal. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Taleski, Julia (December 3, 2014). "Q&A: Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov". ARN. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ Shirikov, Anton (May 27, 2014). "Serguei Beloussov is Turning Acronis Back Into a Startup". Software Russia. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Quantum Wave Fund". Serguei Beloussov. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Russian Quantum Center". Board of Trustees. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Philip, Joji Thomas (January 8, 2015). "Serguei Beloussov: A hands-off approach to start-ups". Live Mint. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ Asohan, A. (March 11, 2015). "The incredible strangeness of being Serguei Beloussov". Digital News Asia. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Tay, Daniel (October 21, 2014). "From Russia to Singapore, this serial entrepreneur’s 21-year journey is astonishing". TechInAsia. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Acronis backup strategy: Protect any data, anywhere". SearchDataBackup. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "'I am back': Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov". CIO Asia. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Acronis True Image 2014 is First to Introduce Full-System Cloud Backup for Personal Use". Reseller News. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Returning Acronis CEO plans Parallels universe". The Register. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Acronis co-founder slips into driving seat after CEO picks up P45". The Register. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "When a company founder returns". CRN. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  17. ↑ Vance, Ashlee (12 December 2007). "SWsoft to abandon itself and become Parallels". The Register. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  18. ↑ Modine, Austin (30 January 2008). "SWsoft Parallels does Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 thing". The Register. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  19. ↑ Anjum, Zafar (February 18, 2014). "Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov". MIS-Asia. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  20. ↑ Khrennikov, Ilya (21 March 2013). "Parallels Nears IPO While Advancing in $40 Billion Cloud Market". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  21. ↑ "Parallels Holdings Sells Odin Service Automation Platform to Ingram Micro". Finsmes. December 7, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Acumatica Raises $10M in Series C Funding". FinSMEs. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  23. ↑ "Runa Capital". RusBase. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  24. ↑ Starkell, Natasha (18 November 2013). "Russian Acumatica Obtains $10 Million For Growth From Current Investors Runa and Almaz". GoalEurope. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  25. ↑ "Global cloud ERP vendor Acumatica secures $10 million from Runa Capital and Almaz Capital". RUSSOFT. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  26. ↑ "QWave Capital". CrunchBase. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  27. ↑ "Quantum Wave Fund". Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  28. ↑ Maynard, Brendan (20 June 2013). "Russian quantum technologies fund QWave invests $7 million in three tech companies". GoalEurope. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  29. ↑ "Russian Quantum Center launches new labs and powerful laser system". VentureVolga.com. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  30. ↑ "Governing Board Members". Centre for Quantum Technologies. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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