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Never based out of Moscow, never a Russian company. The founders are Russian but the company has always been based in Prague, although a lot of the employees wo
by rafram 5y ago
Never based out of Moscow, never a Russian company. The founders are Russian but the company has always been based in Prague, although a lot of the employees work from Russia.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoBased on relative size of Russian and Prague offices, around 1500 out of total 1900 employees worked in Russia.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoAnd core employees are Russian, with many having relocated at some point in the past; here are most of the people from this list: https://www.jetbrains.com/company/people/ https://www.jetbrains.com/company/people/ - CEO is a Russian who lives in Cyprus now: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-dmitriev-05b581/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-dmitriev-05b581/ - Cofounder is Russian, probably lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-kipyatkov-13569590/?originalSubdomain=ru https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-kipyatkov-13569590/?ori... - CEO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximshafirov/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximshafirov/ - CAO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-belyaev-a1608b5a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-belyaev-a1608b5a/ - SVP of investments is Russian, lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaivanov/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaivanov/ - development lead is Russian, lives in Germany: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximmossienko/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximmossienko/ Kotlin was named after an island in St. Petersburg archipelago. Kotlin project lead is Russian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/relizarov/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/relizarov/ Kotlin core contributors seem to be mostly Russian: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/graphs/contributors https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/graphs/contributors So it definitely isn't a decision what won't have any effect on the company.