Dmitry Bukhman
Dmitry Bukhman is a Russian-born British-Israeli entrepreneur. Together with his brother Igor Bukhman, they founded Irish online gaming company Playrix, best known for its mobile-app games such as Township, Homescapes and Fishdom.
Early life
Bukhman and his brother Igor were born in the Soviet city of Vologda. As a child, Bukhman was engaged in programming. He started selling games online with his brother while still in high school. They founded Playrix in 2004 while studying at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at the. By 2004, the brothers had released three games and around 30 screensavers; by 2007, the number of games increased to 16, and the company's monthly income constituted around $300,000. Soon the company released such games as Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Fishdom and Township.Career
In 2018, the brothers personally invested in video and social network games developer Nexters Global and in Belarusian Vizor Games. In 2019, Playrix bought the Armenian and Serbian studios Plexonic and Eipix Entertainment, respectively. In October 2022, the company announced the closure of its offices and development operations in Russia and Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, the company employed more than 3,000 people around the world. In June 2023, analytics company Data.ai ranked Playrix seventh in the global ranking of mobile publishers by annual revenue, with the company in first place in EMEA.Wealth
Bukhman entered Forbes ranking of the richest entrepreneurs in the world in 2020 with a fortune of $3.1 billion. In April 2023, Forbes estimated Bukhman's assets at $7 billion: he ranked 332nd in the world, and 7th in the list of wealthiest Israelis. In October 2021, the Bukhmans launched the Rix Capital family fund. In 2023, the investment company, with $4 billion of the brothers' personal funds under management, opened a permanent office in London.In 2025, he entered the top ten of the richest people in the UK according to The Sunday Times. Also ranked first in The Sunday Times' 40 Under 40 Rich list.