Ruslan Fazlyev
Ruslan Fazlyev | |
|---|---|
 Ruslan Fazlyev, July 2011 | |
| Born | March 27, 1980 |
| Occupation | Internet Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | X-Cart Ecwid |
Ruslan Renatovich Fazlyev (Russian: Русла́н Рена́тович Фазлы́ев, born March 27, 1980) is a Russian Internet entrepreneur who has founded several companies. He is best known as a founder and developer of Ecwid and X-Cart e-commerce platforms.[1]
Ruslan is ranked number 14 in Hopes&Fears’s rating of young Russian entrepreneurs[2] and number 56 among Russian internet millionaires according to Kommersant’s research.[3]
Early life[edit]
Fazlyev was born in Oktyabrsky, Republic of Bashkortostan. Ruslan has been programming since he was seven years old. At first, he used pen and paper. His first personal computer had no screen. Despite all the technical difficultues, Ruslan practised reverse engineering of software and created simple games.[4] From 1997 to 1999, he studied at Ulyanovsk State Technical University.[5] Ruslan dropped out of the school, but nowadays, he is regularly invited to lecture at USTU.[6][7] He is married to a woman he met before starting his own business.
Career[edit]
Ruslan claims that he became an entrepreneur only because he had no job in Ulyanovsk. His first e-commerce software, named X-Cart, was released in 2001. Fazlyev and his friends utilised the code developed for commercial websites to create the first e-commerce product written in PHP. X-Cart aimed small and medium businesses that could not afford far more expensive and complicated products such as IBM WebSphere Commerce.[8][9]
Ecwid adopted the same approach in 2009.[10] It is an e-commerce platform that can be built into any existing website or social network page.[11] An award-winning product[12] received a 1,5M round from the Runa Capital venture fund in December 2011[13] and a syndicated 5M round from Runa Capital and iTech Capital in May 2013.[13] Ecwid has been the world's most popular social network trading software since 2012.[14] Ruslan is CEO of Ecwid and Board Member of X-Cart.[1][15]
Long before engaging in the software business, he created the first telecommunication company in Ulyanovsk. It was sold to a larger competitor in 2002.[16]
From 2012 to 2014, Fazlyev was a member of the Expert Council for Development of the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About Ruslan R. Fazlyev on Runa Capital's site". Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Полина Потапова (2013-11-27). "Рейтинг успешных молодых предпринимателей России: 2013" (in Russian). The Village. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Топ-100 российских интернет-миллионеров" (in Russian). kommersant. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Марина Малыхина (2013-11-14). "Руслан Фазлыев, основатель Ecwid: "Не начинайте свой бизнес ни в коем случае", интервью в рамках программы Капиталисты. Клуб 33. Сезон инноваций" (in Russian). TV Rain. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Руслан Фазлыев: Задачи IT-министерства мне непонятны" (in Russian). Ulpressa.ru. 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Юлия Узрютова (2014-07-21). "ULCAMP-2014 – это как окрошка по любимому рецепту" (in Russian). Ulpressa.ru. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "ULCAMP концентрирует замечательных людей, искренне увлеченных своим делом: интервью ИА REGNUM" (in Russian). Regnum. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Leonid Mikheyev (2014-09-11). "Russian e-commerce platform goes global". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Ирина Телицына (2010-10-27). "Для меня конкуренция не вопрос денег". Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Карен Шаинян (2013-10-25). "Как победить Facebook, не выезжая из Ульяновска" (in Russian). Slon. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Ecwid Platform Overview (in English)". 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Результаты конкурса стартапов". Forbes (in Russian). 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ a b Robin Wauters (2011-12-14). "Shopping Cart Software Maker Ecwid Raises $1.5M; Expands To US, UK". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Алексей Каменский (2013-01-30). "Как российский стартап стал главным конструктором магазинов в Facebook". Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ Ирина Жаворонкова (2013-06-14). "Основатель Ecwid Руслан Фазлыев — о своих ошибках в бизнесе" (in Russian). Деловая Среда. Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Профиль на сайте E-pepper" (in Russian). 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Приказ о внесении изменений в состав Экспертного совета по развитию отрасли информационных технологий, утвержденный приказом Министерства связи и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации от 27.09.2012 № 233" (PDF) (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-03-18.
