Billionaire Gaming Brothers Are Now Tencent’s Biggest Rival

Playrix founding Bukhman brothers are worth $3.9 billion each
Firm is the world’s second biggest by mobile revenue: AppAnnie

Dmitry, left, and Igor Bukhman.Source: Playrix

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By Ilya Khrennikov and Alexander Sazonov

September 29, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC

Updated on

September 30, 2020 at 8:25 AM UTC

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The coronavirus pandemic has created a new gaming giant, boosting the fortune of its two founding brothers.

Thanks to a rush of new gamers, Playrix has become the world’s largest mobile-game developer after Tencent Holdings Ltd., according to researcher AppAnnie. Its founders and sole owners, 38-year-old Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, 35, have more than doubled their wealth and are now worth $3.9 billion each, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.