Andrey Andreev

Andrey Andreev, with real name Andrey Ogandzhanyants (Андрей Оганджанянц)[1] (born in February 1974) is a Russian businessman who founded the internet social networking and dating site Badoo as well as other Russian internet businesses: SpyLog, Begun and Mamba (ru:Mamba.ru).

Family and personal life

Andreev was born in Moscow. Before dropping out to start his first company, he studied at the local university management, while holding down a job as a partner in an advertising and public relations company.[2]

In the mid-90s, his family moved to Spain; Andreev himself relocated in 1995, but went back and forth between Spain and Russia.

Andrey has been based in central London since 2005. One of his biggest passions is cooking; the "Sweet onion soup 'Andreï style'" at two-Michelin-starred L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Covent Garden, London is named after Andreev.[2]

References

  1. ^ Levinsky, Alexander (November 12, 2010). "Billion for the introduction As one of the most mysterious businessmen in the West, Russia has created a mega-project Badoo" (in Russian). Forbes (Russia). http://www.forbes.ru/tehno/internet-i-telekommunikatsii/59604-milliard-za-znakomstvo. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b How Badoo built a billion-pound social network... on sex by David Rowan, Wired Magazine, 06 April 11. Accessed April 2011