Boris Nuraliev Net Worth

Boris Nuraliev has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Boris Nuraliev profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is down from a peak of $1.3 billion.

Boris Nuraliev is a Russian entrepreneur and scientist who cofounded 1C, the business software company that analysts often call the Russian SAP or the Russian Oracle. He was born on July 18, 1958. Alongside his business career he heads academic departments at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and at the Higher School of Economics, where he teaches corporate information systems.

In the 1980s Nuraliev worked as a senior researcher at the Soviet State Statistics Committee. There he and his partners wrote software for teleprinters and set up a cooperative to sell it. That small start became the base for one of Russia's largest software groups. He is married and has two children. He was sanctioned by Poland after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Even as 1C grew, Nuraliev kept one foot in academia. His departments at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Higher School of Economics train students in the kind of corporate systems 1C sells, which helps feed a steady stream of skilled people into the company and its partner network.

How Boris Nuraliev made his money

Nuraliev founded 1C in 1991 to sell business software such as Lotus 1-2-3. Two years later, in 1993, his brother and junior partner Sergei wrote an accounting program for DOS. A year after that 1C released accounting software for Windows, and its products went on to become standard tools for Russian businesses keeping their books.

Today 1C Group is a collection of software companies that make business and education software as well as games. It developed the popular flight combat game IL-2 Sturmovik. A key part of its model is its network of 8,000 franchise partners, which sell its products and provide IT and consulting services to customers. That network spread 1C software into offices across the country and keeps it there.

How Forbes has valued Boris Nuraliev

Nuraliev joined the Forbes World's Billionaires List recently. Forbes first counted him at $1.3 billion in 2025, reflecting the value of his stake in 1C.

On the 2026 World's Billionaires List Forbes put him at $1.2 billion, and as of October 20, 2026, the real-time billionaires tracker also showed $1.2 billion. His fortune is tied almost entirely to 1C, a private company that dominates business accounting software in Russia. Because the company is not publicly traded, his estimate changes less often than those of founders of listed tech firms.