Yuri Milner, Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist
Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner; born 11 November 1961 is a Russian-Israeli entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist. Milner has been described as one of the world's most influential information technology investors. He is a cofounder and former chairperson of internet company Mail.Ru Group and a founder of investment firm DST Global, one of the largest and most influential venture firms in the world. Through DST Global, Milner is an investor in Byju’s, Facebook, Zynga, Stripe, Twitter, Flipkart, Spotify, Zocdoc, Groupon, JD.com, Xiaomi, OlaCabs, Alibaba, Airbnb, WhatsApp, Nubank, Wish, and many others.

Milner's personal investments also include a stake in 23andMe, Habito, Planet Labs, minority stake in a real estate investments startup, Cadre, founded by Jared Kushner, and others.