Igor Bukhman (2024)

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How much is Playrix worth? ›

Playrix was valued at $8 billion in 2021. As of 2022, Playrix was the fourth-biggest mobile game developer in the world in terms of revenue and employed 4,000 people across 100 cities, mainly in Eastern Europe, including 1,500 in Russia and 1,500 in Ukraine.

In 2016, he acquired Israeli citizenship. Since 2020 he has lived in London.

Igor Bukhman, the co-founder of gaming giant Playrix, has bought a London mansion situated next door to one of his luxury houses.

Dmitry Bukhman (born 27 May 1985) is a Russian-born Israeli entrepreneur. Together with his brother Igor Bukhman, they founded online gaming company Playrix, best known for its mobile-app games such as Homescapes and Fishdom.

In December 2021, Forbes estimated that Newell had a net worth of $3.9 billion and owned at least one quarter of Valve. According to Charlie Fish, the author of The History of Video Games, as of 2021 Newell was the richest person in the video game industry.

Igor Bukhman and his brother Dmitry own online gaming upstart Playrix. The company is best known for free mobile-app games such as Homescapes and Fishdom.

Playrix mobile gaming revenue worldwide 2024, by title

Playrix is mobile game developer offering free to play mobile games such as Fishdom, Township, Homescapes and Gardenscapes. Thanks to in-app purchases and micro-transactions, Playrix generated around over ten billion U.S. dollars in IAP revenue as of March 2024.

Playrix was founded by brothers Dmitry and Igor Bukhman in 2004 in Vologda, Russia. The brothers had already released 3 computer games and 30 screensavers, generating enough to buy a second computer. In 2009, the company released the original version of Gardenscapes for Microsoft Windows.

Township is a free-to-play city-building game available on multiple platforms and was developed by Playrix. Township first became available as an Adobe Flash application on the social-networking website Facebook. The game was released for iOS on February 24, 2012 and Google Play on November 13, 2013.

The capital's most expensive house sale was 2-8a Rutland Gate, sold in January 2020 by the estate of the former Saudi Arabian crown prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz for a record-breaking £210million to Hui Ka Yan, the founder and chair of Evergrande.

What's the most expensive mega mansion? ›

Valued at an astronomical $2 billion, the 27-storey Antilia in Mumbai is considered the world's most expensive private residence. Custom-built by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, the 400,000 square-foot skyscraper stands 570 feet tall with panoramic views over Mumbai.

Of the top 50 highest-grossing mobile games of all time, several are published by Playrix. One of their most popular titles, Fishdom, generates an estimated revenue of $200,000 every single day.

Fishdom is free to play, though some in-game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device's Restrictions menu.