Career
He is best known for his involvement with Davidoff cigars in Eastern Europe. Tribell"s first business was a car polishing service, which he started at age 17. Tribell moved to Moscow in 1991, working with Winthrop P. Rockefeller in the technology sector.
As an advisor in Russia, he helped foreign interests navigate the business culture and trends of post-Soviet Russia.
Dean Takahashi of Venture Beat magazine wrote that Tribell has, "spent a couple of decades as an advisor trying to commercialize Russian-made technologies for the rest of the world." Tribell also partnered with Davidoff in order to develop the cigar market in Russia, becoming the importer of the cigars in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic countries. His projects with Davidoff have included the conceptualization and design of the Davidoff Malaya Bronnaya boutique in Moscow.
In 2011, Tribell and Stewart Kosoy co-founded in Switzerland. invests private equity with a focus on funding video games, software, and digital downloads. Tribell has stated that the company prefers to deal with idea-stage ventures, and avoids brick and mortar projects that require inventory.
Development divisions of the company include Digital Power Entertainment and Dream Weddings.
In May 2012, Tribell appeared on a finance panel of industry experts who advised game developers at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden.
