CURRENT MISSION

To go up into space and float weighlessly looking at the Earth spin below

ABOUT ME

I'm Russian, although I wasn't born there and actually grew up all around the world before my parents settled in New Zealand in the late 90's. I went to school there and then ran a software company for a couple of years before deciding to move to California and become a student again. I've now graduated and moved to Auckland, New Zealand, spending my second summer in a row traveling and working part-time in marketing.

I love adventure, high adrenaline sports, bungy jumping, skydiving - but it's only worth doing if I can share the experience together with a few friends. I like to spontaneously travel around the world and enjoy the company of open minded people .. strange and wonderful people particularly.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't know yet

Interests

Travel, nightlife, guitar, books, geeky toys and finding out things I never knew existed

• books
• nightlife
• traveling
• guitar
• skydiving
• sports
• swimming
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

The Alchemist, Losing My Virginity, 12 Стульев, Золотой Телёнок, Middlesex, The Little Prince, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Futures and Options Markets, Difficult Conversations, Catch 22, Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, Fight Club, Survivor, Good To Great, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Innovator's Dilemma, Corporate Finance (DeMarzo), Softwar, Rigged, McDonald's - Behind the Arches, The Real Warren Buffet, Chaos, Outliers, Blink, Never Eat Alone, The How of Happiness, Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with reef sharks in Fiji - I was surprised to discover they were more afraid of me than I was of them

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cook Islands, Estonia, Fiji, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Georgia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

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