Ruslan Fazlyev
{{Short description|Russian entrepreneur (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ruslan Fazlyev
| image = Ruslan-Fazlyev.jpg
| caption = Ruslan Fazlyev, July 2011
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|03|27}}
| birth_place = Oktyabrsky, Republic of Bashkortostan, Soviet Union
| nationality =
| occupation = Internet Entrepreneur
| years_active = 2001–present
| known = X-Cart
Ecwid
| spouse =
| children =
}}
Ruslan Renatovich Fazlyev ({{langx|ba|Руслан Ренат улы Фазлыев}}, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.runacap.com/people/entrepreneurs/ruslan-r-fazlyev/|title=About Ruslan R. Fazlyev on Runa Capital's site|accessdate=2015-03-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318123846/http://runacap.com/people/entrepreneurs/ruslan-r-fazlyev/|archivedate=2015-03-18}}
Ruslan is ranked number 14 in Hopes&Fears’s rating of young Russian entrepreneurs{{cite web|url=http://www.the-village.ru/village/hopesandfears/hf/153477-rating-2013|title=Рейтинг успешных молодых предпринимателей России: 2013|author=Полина Потапова|date=2013-11-27|publisher=The Village|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}} and number 56 among Russian internet millionaires according to Kommersant’s research.{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2395738|title=Топ-100 российских интернет-миллионеров|author=|date=2014-02-03|publisher=kommersant|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
Early life
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 difficulties, Ruslan practised reverse engineering of software and created simple games.{{cite web|url=http://tvrain.ru/articles/ruslan_fazlyev_osnovatel_ecwid_ne_nachinajte_svoj_biznes_ni_v_koem_sluchae-356675/|title=Руслан Фазлыев, основатель Ecwid: "Не начинайте свой бизнес ни в коем случае", интервью в рамках программы Капиталисты. Клуб 33. Сезон инноваций|author=Марина Малыхина|date=2013-11-14|publisher=TV Rain|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
From 1997 to 1999, he studied at Ulyanovsk State Technical University.{{cite web|url=http://ulpressa.ru/2011/11/12/ruslan-fazlyiev-zadachi-it-ministerstva-mne-neponyatnyi/|title=Руслан Фазлыев: Задачи IT-министерства мне непонятны|author=|date=2011-11-12|publisher=Ulpressa.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}} Ruslan dropped out of the school, but nowadays, he is regularly invited to lecture at USTU.{{cite web|url=http://ulpressa.ru/2014/07/21/ulcamp-2014-eto-kak-okroshka-po-lyubimomu-retseptu/|title=ULCAMP-2014 – это как окрошка по любимому рецепту|author=Юлия Узрютова|date=2014-07-21|publisher=Ulpressa.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.regnum.ru/news/it/1692113.html|title=ULCAMP концентрирует замечательных людей, искренне увлечённых своим делом: интервью ИА REGNUM|author=|date=2013-08-06|publisher=Regnum|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
He is married to a woman he met before starting his own business.
Career
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.{{cite web|url=http://rbth.com/science_and_tech/2014/09/11/russian_e-commerce_platform_goes_global_39699.html|title=Russian e-commerce platform goes global|author=Leonid Mikheyev|date=2014-09-11|publisher=Russia Beyond the Headlines|accessdate=2015-03-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/svoi-biznes/idei/58717-dlya-menya-konkurentsiya-ne-vopros-deneg|title=Для меня конкуренция не вопрос денег|author=Ирина Телицына|date=2010-10-27|work=Forbes|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
Ecwid adopted the same approach in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://slon.ru/biz/1008988/|title=Как победить Facebook, не выезжая из Ульяновска|author=Карен Шаинян|date=2013-10-25|publisher=Slon|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}} It is an e-commerce platform that can be built into any existing website or social network page.{{cite web |url=https://www.rfmcalc.com/supported-platforms/ecwid/ |title=Ecwid Platform Overview (in English) |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022 }} An award-winning product{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/svoi-biznes/startapy/57831-rezultaty-konkursa-startapov|title=Результаты конкурса стартапов|author=|date=2010-10-01|work=Forbes|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}} received a 1,5M round from the Runa Capital venture fund in December 2011{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/shopping-cart-software-maker-ecwid-raises-1-5m-expands-to-us-uk/|title=Shopping Cart Software Maker Ecwid Raises $1.5M; Expands To US, UK|author=Robin Wauters|date=2011-12-14|publisher=Techcrunch|accessdate=2015-03-18}} and a syndicated 5M round from Runa Capital and iTech Capital in May 2013. Ecwid has been the world's most popular social network trading software since 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/internet-i-svyaz/233648-intervyu-ruslana-fazlyeva|title=Как российский стартап стал главным конструктором магазинов в Facebook|author=Алексей Каменский|date=2013-01-30|work=Forbes|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}} Ruslan is CEO of Ecwid and Board Member of X-Cart.{{cite web|url=http://journal.dasreda.ru/money/2755-osnovatel-ecwid-ruslan-fazlyev-o-svoih-oshibkah-v-biznese|title=Основатель Ecwid Руслан Фазлыев — о своих ошибках в бизнесе|author=Ирина Жаворонкова|date=2013-06-14|publisher=Деловая Среда|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329034124/http://journal.dasreda.ru/money/2755-osnovatel-ecwid-ruslan-fazlyev-o-svoih-oshibkah-v-biznese|archivedate=2015-03-29}}
Long before engaging in the software business, he created the first telecommunication company in Ulyanovsk. It was sold to a larger competitor in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pepper.ru/persony/fazlyev-ruslan.html|title=Профиль на сайте E-pepper|author=|date=6 February 2013|publisher=|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
From 2012 to 2014, Fazlyev was a member of the Expert Council for the Development of the Information Technology Industry of the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.{{cite web|url=http://minsvyaz.ru/common/upload/Prikaz_izmenenie_sostava.pdf|title=Приказ о внесении изменений в состав Экспертного совета по развитию отрасли информационных технологий, утверждённый приказом Министерства связи и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации от 27.09.2012 № 233|author=|date=|publisher=|language=ru|accessdate=2015-03-18}}
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