Background
Victor Kislyi was born in 1976 in Minsk, Belarus.
Victor Kislyi was born in 1976 in Minsk, Belarus.
Belarusian State University, Faculty of Physics, Laser Physics and Spectroscopy
In mid-2014 for the promotion computer games in Belarus and personal contribution in the development of this industry, Victor Kislyi was awarded the state medal for Labor Merit. According to the official regulations of the award, it is usually given to citizens for useful inventions and rational proposals.
In 2012 revenues of Wargaming.net was $ 220 million. In 2013 and in the first half of 2014 the company ignored the publication of their financial statements. Finally, in spring 2014 the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) suspended trades in securities of Wargaming Public Company and made delisting of its shares in 2015.
Research company SuperData estimated the revenue of World of Tanks in 2013. It is $372 million. According to this fact, Belarusian “tanks” took the 4th place in the global gaming industry. By estimates of SuperData the business income was more than $500 million in 2014, forecast the revenue was $ 590 million in 2015.
The portfolio of Melesta based by Alexei Malashkevich in 2007 contains such recognizable projects as Farm Frenzy and Toy Defense. In the framework of the Alliance, Melesta responsible for game development, and Wargaming.net will be engaged in their promotion. According to the alliance Melesta is responsible for game development and Wargaming.net will promote them.
In the framework of Wargaming.net the special department for the development of mobile game projects WG Cells was established in autumn 2015. It was headed by David Bloom, the former head of the US developer of mobile games DropForge Games. The innovative laboratory WG Labs was organized, which focused on the testing and development of specified projects. However, it is opened to employees of Wargaming.net and its branch offices.
The largest conference in the CIS of DevGaMM developers took place in Minsk, December 2015. Specialized Russian gaming resource vc.ru prepared top-60 of the main leaders of the game business in the CIS. In this list Victor Kislyi took the 2nd place, giving the first place to Russian Sergey Orlovsky, Head of Nival.
In recent years, the studios Wargaming.net have been preparing the launch of new free-to-play MMO mobile versions of World of Tanks Blitz and World of Warships. Their official releases were issued respectively at the end of 2014 and 2015. At the same time the Belarusian company acquired the rights of the top space strategy Master of Orion. By outsourcing, Argentine company NGD Studios was responsible for restarting it.
In early 2015 the structure of the company added the new office in the capital of Taiwan. Wargaming Taipei began its activity. In the framework of restructuring of the Ukrainian business office development was closed in Kharkov. Its staff was transferred to the Kiev office Persha Studia and to Minsk. However, the staff of Wargaming.net in Ukraine has increased in 2015. By the middle of last year, the company took the 15-th place in the local IT sphere by the number of employees.
During 2014-2015 Wargaming.net invested in several specialized businesses and start-UPS in Europe and Asia, took part in the setting up European Gaming Fund Seed with Zynga and Nexon.
In the middle of 2015, it was announced about a strategic partnership Wargaming. net and the largest Belarusian developer of mobile phones games platforms - the company May (Melesta Games).
(One of the creators of world famous game World of Tanks.)
2010“The Company Wargaming.net entered the Stock Exchange in 2011. We didn’t have any ideas of selling IPO. To be in business we decided to take on additional responsibilities imposed by the presence on the Stock Exchange. The Stock Exchange is small, but there are some rules. We entered the Stock Exchange voluntarily; we were not forced by anybody. We don’t use stock through sales of shares. However, we are present there and we must hand in accounts, press releases, etc. We can’t make anything illegal, because Securities and Exchange Commission controls each our step” – commented Victor Kislyi to media how the company has entered the Stock Exchange.
Victor is married. He has a son.
