Igor Bukhman

Igor Bukhman was born in 1982 in Vologda

Igor Bukhman was born in 1982 in Vologda to Jewish parents, and his brother Dmitry was also born there. He took up programming as a child. In 1999 he enrolled in the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at the Vologda State Pedagogical Institute.

In 2001 the brothers began making online games and released their first game, Discovera. In 2004 they founded Playrix, which became known for mobile games such as Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Fishdom and Township. By 2023 the company had more than 3,000 employees worldwide.

In 2018 the brothers invested in Nexters Global and Vizor Games, and in 2019 Playrix bought the studios Plexonic and Eipix Entertainment. In October 2022 Playrix closed its offices in Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine. In 2021 the brothers launched the family fund Rix Capital, which opened an office in London in 2023.

He moved to Dublin in 2014, received Israeli citizenship in 2016 and has lived in London since 2020. He became a British citizen in 2025. He and his wife Anastasia set up the Bukhman Foundation in 2023, which pledged £100 million in 2025 for type 1 diabetes research.