Leonid Boguslavsky Net Worth

Leonid Boguslavsky has an estimated net worth of $8.9 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Leonid Boguslavsky profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1 billion in 2019.

Leonid Boguslavsky is a Canadian entrepreneur, scientist, and venture capital investor. He built his career in technology before moving into startup investing. In the early 1990s, he created LVS, a systems integration business tied to Oracle software and large information systems. He sold that company to PwC in 1996 and stayed on at first as a senior partner. That sale gave him a base to shift from operating businesses into backing internet and software companies.

His biggest wealth came from venture capital. In 2000, he helped start ru-Net, the firm later known as RTP Global. One of its earliest bets was Yandex, which later became a major win. Forbes notes that RTP has invested in more than 150 companies, including 5 that became multibillion dollar public companies: Yandex, EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, and Datadog. He also expanded into the US, Europe, and India, backing early-stage tech companies across several markets.

How Leonid Boguslavsky makes money

Boguslavsky made his first large business fortune in enterprise technology. After research work in computer systems and networks, he founded LVS in 1990 and built it into one of Russia's largest IT solutions integrators. The company also developed an Oracle-based information system for Moscow in 1993. He sold LVS to PwC in 1996 and remained there for a time, which marked his move from building software businesses to investing in them.

His larger fortune came from startup investing through ru-Net, founded in 2000 and later renamed RTP Global in 2018. Early investments included Yandex and Ozon, and he later backed companies such as Delivery Hero, RingCentral, and Datadog. Forbes says RTP has invested in more than 150 companies, with 5 becoming multibillion dollar public companies. Forbes also says one early Yandex investment returned about 400 times his initial money when he exited.

Forbes net worth timeline

Forbes first placed Boguslavsky at $1 billion in 2019. Its estimate then moved to $1.5 billion in 2020, $3.6 billion in 2021, and $4.7 billion in 2022. Forbes later put him at $3.6 billion in 2023, then back to $4.7 billion in 2024 and $5.2 billion in 2025. Those changes fit a career tied to venture capital, where values can shift with public market prices and startup exits.

The latest Forbes update is higher still. Forbes' real-time billionaires tracker listed him at $8.9 billion as of October 20, 2026, after Forbes' 2026 World's Billionaires List had estimated $5.8 billion. His money story is still centered on venture investing through RTP Global and earlier holdings built from ru-Net. The best-known drivers in the record are Yandex and later public winners such as EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, and Datadog.