Serguei Beloussov — tech (acronis) with roots in the USSR
Serguei Beloussov is a Russian-Singaporean entrepreneur born in Leningrad who co-founded Parallels (desktop virtualisation software) and Acronis (data protection and cybersecurity) — two of the most successful Russian-founded software companies globally. He is based in Switzerland and Singapore.
Tracing the roots — Leningrad
Born in Leningrad in 1971 and educated at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Beloussov is a product of Soviet scientific education who built his software empire after the collapse of the USSR. Acronis and Parallels together have hundreds of millions of users globally — one of the most significant contributions of Russian engineering talent to global enterprise software.
Leningrad. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.