Sergey Solonin was born on 28 November 1973 in Moscow. He currently holds the offices of General Director of FinTech, General Director of QIWI Group and Co-Head of the Finnet Working Group (Agency for Strategic Initiatives).
Sergey Solonin invests in promising fintech projects; he is a co-investor in Instamart, TimePad, YouDo, Gaijin, Arena Market, Aviasales, SEO Pult, BitFury, Ecwid, Obed Buffet, and Ramenskiy Konditerskiy Kombinat. Sergey also co-owns several restaurants – Ruski and Insight; at the beginning of 2019, he invested in a food delivery service ‘Kukhnya na rayone’ (Local Kitchen).
Mr Solonin also participates in the development of new educational initiatives and institutions in Russia, providing systematic investment support to federal projects. He co-invests in the IKRA creative thinking school, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow Film School, MACS, Blockchain Academy, Scream School and others.
In August 2018, he embarked on a trip around the world with his family. He calls this ‘The Journey to the Heart of the Family’.