Investor and entrepreneur Nikita Izmailov

Fintech start-ups in Ukraine are now actively developing, and people who are familiar with this niche have probably heard of Nikita Izmailov, an investor and successful entrepreneur. In general, the popularity of Nikita received mainly due to close cooperation with the bookmaker's office Paris Match, and there he managed to build up capital for further development.

Now he is a man who is associated with sportbank, the first sports bank, which is actively developing in the chosen direction. And the main feature is that it is engaged in supporting both beginners and professional athletes. This can be generous bonuses and affiliate program, cashback and so on.

In addition, it is worth to say that it is one of the main investors of the profile fintech investment fund N1. Also among the activities of Eat Easy, a company which is engaged in the production of healthy drinks, deserves special attention.

Where was Nikita born and trained?

Nikita was born in Nikolaev, Ukraine in 1987. After leaving school he chose accounting and auditing as his major. Always wanted that the chosen niche was related to the business, so that there were basic concepts and skills for further development.

While still a student, I seriously thought about my own business, and in my second year I created a satirical newspaper "Sumka", with a circulation of up to 10 thousand copies. These were permanent publications three times a week, but even with this in mind, it became clear that you can't make much money here. That is, I had to develop.

How did your career develop?

In 2009, after graduation, I immediately became a senior auditor at KPMG, where I worked for three years. During this time, he managed to make serious progress and his promotion was not long in coming, from 2012 to 2016 Izmailov worked as the CFO of PMBL Group. It is worth saying that on such a position specialists wait about 6 years for a promotion, but Nikita coped 2 times faster, because he really had the talent for it.

Already in 2016 he became the managing partner and shareholder of this company, at the same time dealing with the new project Eat Easy. A year later he became a shareholder of JKR Investment Group.

In 2018 Nikita became the key investor of the company N1, which includes the not unknown in Ukraine sportbank, as well as other technological payment solutions and startups.

At the moment the sportbank project is in the top twenty in terms of the growth of new clients, and in terms of the dynamics of growth of cardholders it is in the top five.

Of course, he combines successful business with family life, Nikita is married and has 3 children. At the same time, he manages to exercise regularly and lead a healthy lifestyle.