Dmitry Itskov
{{short description|Russian billionaire entrepreneur}}{{Infobox person
| name = Dmitry Itskov
| native_name = Дмитрий Ицков
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = 1980
| birth_place = Bryansk
| occupation = Entrepreneur, billionaire
| known_for = New Media Stars, 2045 Initiative
}}
Dmitry Itskov (Russian: Дмитрий Ицков; born 1980{{Cite web |date=2024-10-02 |title=Дмитрий Ицков: «Рецепт бессмертия будет готов к 2045 году» |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26121/3014621/ |website=www.kp.ru |publication-date=2013-08-19}}) is a Russian entrepreneur, billionaire and the founder of New Media Stars, a web-based media company, and 2045 Initiative. He has made a reported £1bn from his Moscow-based news publishing company.{{cite news|title=The Telegraph|date=13 March 2016|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/13/media-mogul-dmitry-itskov-plans-to-live-forever-by-uploading-his/|accessdate=10 January 2017|last1=Palmer|first1=Kate}}
Biography
He was born in Bryansk. He graduated from Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-17 |title=Дмитрий Ицков: «Я – скромный продюсер бессмертия!» |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26120/3014135/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Комсомольская Правда |language=ru}}{{Cite news |last=Segal |first=David |date=2013-06-01 |title=This Man Is Not a Cyborg. Yet. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/business/dmitry-itskov-and-the-avatar-quest.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Together with State Duma deputy Konstantin Rykov, he was involved in large-scale PR campaigns for United Russia.{{Cite web |date=2013-06-17 |title="Олигархи жаждут телесного бессмертия и ищут чудо-таблетку" |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2213368 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}
Career
In 2005 he created New Media Stars in Moscow.
In 2011 he set up 2045 Initiative, which aims to achieve cybernetic immortality by 2045.{{cite web|last=Alserver|first=Jennifer|title=5 billionaires who want to live forever|url=https://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/04/04/live-forever.fortune/|publisher=CNN}}
In 2012 Itskov sent an open letter to the richest people in the world from the Forbes list with a request to join forces in the development of technologies that will prolong human life and make it immortal.{{Cite web |title=Русский робототехник попросил у миллиардеров денег на рецепт бессмертия - CNews |url=https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/russkij_robototehnik_poprosil_u_milliarderov |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=CNews.ru |language=ru}}
In May 2012 he and his colleagues demonstrated a humanoid robot (his own replica) at the initial stage of development.
On June 15 and 16, 2013 the Global Future 2045 conference was held in New York City. Global Future 2045 is founded by Itskov, its first meeting was in Moscow.{{Cite web |last=Pinchefsky |first=Carol |title=Dmitry Itskov Wants To Live Forever. (He Wants You To Live Forever, Too.) |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2013/06/18/dmitry-itskov-wants-to-live-forever-he-wants-you-to-live-forever-too/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Itskov said, in a 2016 BBC Horizon TV documentary, that the "ultimate goal of [his] plan is to transfer someone’s personality into the new artificial carrier."{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/13/media-mogul-dmitry-itskov-plans-to-live-forever-by-uploading-his/|title = Media mogul Dmitry Itskov plans to live forever by uploading his personality to a robot|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 13 March 2016|last1 = Palmer|first1 = Kate}}
Awards and honours
- Commendation from the President of the Russian Federation (December 16, 2009) – for active participation in the creation of the Internet documentary "War 08.08.08. The Art of betrayal"{{Cite web |title=Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 16.12.2009 г. № 858-рп |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/30303 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}
Personal life
See also
References
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Category:Russian mass media owners
Category:Russian transhumanists