Yuri Milner is a technology investor and science philanthropist who founded DST Global, the venture firm behind major bets on social and crypto companies. Yuri Milner's Twitter Score is 61 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #13,985 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Yuri Milner founded DST Global and previously founded Mail.ru Group. He was formerly affiliated with Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Start Fund. Through DST Global, he has backed a wide range of technology companies, including investments in the crypto sector: DST Global participated in a $300M Series C round for Blockchain.com, a crypto wallet and exchange company, in March 2021, and in a $200M Series D round for Figure Technology Solutions, a blockchain-based fintech company, in May 2021.
Yuri Milner is affiliated with Breakthrough Prizes and Breakthrough Initiatives, science-focused philanthropic programs. Reporting based on the Paradise Papers indicated that Russian state-owned entities VTB Bank and Gazprom Investholding indirectly funded DST Global's investments in Facebook and Twitter; Yuri Milner stated those arrangements were commercial and that the stakes had been sold. He officially renounced Russian citizenship in summer 2022. Yuri Milner has been mentioned by 34 accounts a total of 51 times. Yuri Milner's account has published 629 posts and has 19,373 followers as of September 2026.
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