Ilya Karpinskiy

Ilya Karpinskiy is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in the gaming industry, currently serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Area of Games, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Owlcat Games, and Co-Founder and General Partner at The Games Fund. Karpinskiy has held significant leadership roles, including Founding Partner at Reaction and Co-Founder/CSO at Hobby World, and previously served as Chief Strategy Officer at MY.GAMES and CEO at MGVC. Notably, Karpinskiy's career includes key positions at Mail.ru Group as Deputy Head of Games and Director of Third Party Development, alongside a tenure as CEO at Nival Network. Educationally, Karpinskiy completed an executive program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.