Maksym Vladimirovich Krippa is a Ukrainian businessman, investor in IT and real estate.
Date of birth
He was born in the city of Kyiv on August 11, 1977.
Education
He has higher educations in the specialties “Business Administration, Management”, “Management of Organizations” and “Jurisprudence”. He obtained them from:
- International Christian University (1994-1998);
- European University (2006-2007);
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2008-2011).
Career
He started his entrepreneurial career in the 2000s. He headed the Ukrainian Mobile Telesystems company, which was a dealer of the Kyivstar operator and was engaged in wholesale sales of mobile devices.
Krippa also rented the property complex of the Brovary wholesale market.
Currently, the businessman owns:
- NAVI esports team (since 2018);
- GSC Game World (since 2020) – studio developer of the games “Cossacks” and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.;
- Maincast esports broadcast studio (from 2023);
- an estate in the village of Kozyn, Kyiv region (from 2023);
- Parus Business Center in Kyiv (from 2023);
- hotel “Ukraine” in Kyiv (from 2024);
- Ola Fine LLC and Midal LLC (through them, Maksym Krippa controls these real estate);
- partially – the DIM group of companies (from February 2025);
- International Exhibition Center in Kyiv (75%, from June 2025).
At the beginning of 2025, Krippa became the president of the Esports Federation of Ukraine.
Charity
He founded the MK Foundation after the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. The organization is engaged in the logistics of the Ukrainian army.
Business features
Esports
NAVI is one of the most famous esports teams in the world. In 2010, the Ukrainian organization became the first in the history of esports to win three major Counter Strike tournaments in one year. In addition to CS, “Born to Win” has divisions from Dota 2, Brawl Stars, and other disciplines.
As for Maincast, the studio has 90% of the media rights to broadcast the main esports tournaments in Ukrainian.
IT
The game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which GSC Game World released in 2024, has become one of the most successful products of the year on the Steam platform. In just a week since its release, it has sold 1.5 million copies.
Real estate
In the field of real estate, Krippa buys landmarks.
Hotel “Ukraine” is known for its location on Independence Square. The hotel was opened in 1961.
“Parus” is a 33-storey class “A” business center, which was the tallest skyscraper in Ukraine in 2005-2008.
And the International Exhibition Center is the largest exhibition building in Ukraine. In 2017, Eurovision was held there.
Quotes
About NAVI:
“When I bought NAVI, it was a loss-making organization that was subsidized by about $1.5 million a year. I was told then: it is impossible to make a business out of this. “NAVI cannot become profitable. What you ask for is impossible,” the CEO of the club, Zhenya Zolotarev, whom I love and respect very much, told me. I answered: “Zhenya, I don’t have any non-profit businesses.” Within a year, we became profitable.”
About GSC Game World:
“Priceless Ukrainian treasure”.
About the purchase of Parus Business Center:
“In “Sail” I received a price per square meter, which more than suited me […] With the money I paid, it would be impossible to build a new business center like this.”
About Hotel “Ukraine”:
“Hotel “Ukraine” is like “Mona Lisa”. She is so unique […] An iconic, legendary asset that no longer exists and never will be, one of a kind.”
About the agreement with DIM:
“I decided to invest in DIM projects not only because of their significant investment potential, but also because of our common attitude to doing business during the war: they are not afraid to build, I am not afraid to invest.”
