The wealth of the Playrix founders surpassed the combined market value of Capcom and Ubisoft
The Sunday Times has published a list of the 350 wealthiest residents of the United Kingdom. Among the top 10 are the founders of Playrix, brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman.
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According to The Sunday Times, the net worth of Playrix founders is now estimated at £12.54 billion ($16.8 billion). This places the Bukhman brothers at the tenth position in the ranking. A year ago, their wealth was half as much, and the brothers held the 27th place.
To put the scale of their wealth into perspective, theoretically, they have enough money to purchase several major gaming companies. Their total wealth exceeds the market value of giants like Capcom (¥2.22 trillion or $15.3 billion), Unity ($9.48 billion), CD PROJEKT (22.96 billion PLN or $6.06 billion), Embracer Group (25.91 billion SEK or $2.68 billion), and Ubisoft (€1.28 billion or $1.43 billion).
Also, at 290th position in The Sunday Times' list of the UK's richest is Lior Shiff, head of Tripledot Studios, with a net worth of £451 million ($604 million).
Ranked 306th is Riccardo Zacconi, founder of King, with a fortune of £410 million ($549 million). Slightly lower, at 312th place, are Rockstar Games co-founders Sam and Dan Houser, with £400 million ($535.7 million).