Egor Shuppe

Georgy Nikolaevich Shuppe (, pronounced [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj nʲɪkolajɨvʲɪtɕ ʂʉppʲɛ] ) was a Russian and British businessman and venture investor. He was one of the founders, owners and president of the first major Russian internet providers “Cityline”, co-founder of the first Russian online-media agency and content provider "Netskate" ("Evening internet", "Locomotive-news", "Hayloft", "Anecdotes from Russia", etc.). Partner and co-founder of the venture fund "Kite Ventures". Shuppe resided in London, England from 2004.

Early life Shuppe was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR. His father, Nikolay Georgievich Shuppe, was a doctor of science of biology at the Academy of Science of the USSR and professor.

His mother, Nadezhda Isaacovna Kikoin, was a patent specialist. She was the daughter of Isaac Konstantinovich Kikoin, academic of the Academy of Science of the USSR, physicist. He was one of the founding fathers of the Soviet nuclear program and the Kurchatov Institute, twice-awarded hero of Socialist Labour and winner of the Lenin Prize.

Career

Early years From 1977 to 1987 Shuppe studied in school No. 171 in a specialized class under the patronage of the Chemical faculty of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. He studied chemistry and biology. In order to attract new users and increase the revenues per user (at that time access to the Internet was on a time payment basis), Cityline made a strategic decision to invest in the creation of free Russian content. That was when the company NetSkate, a production centre for new Russian online media, was established. and Tradeshift – a cloud service connecting the customers and sellers to companies such as Groupon, Fyber, Mydeco.com and others.

The Russian investigative authorities had accused Shuppe and businessman Mikhail Nekrich, of ordering the murder of businessman Alexander Mineev. Mikhail Nekrich, in turn, claimed that representatives of the Russian Special Services had bribed him to slander Shuppe and in return, had offered to drop all charges against him.

The English court concluded that the prosecution against Mr. Shuppe in Russia was unjustified and was performed with numerous significant violations of the law. The conclusion of judge Kenneth Grant states: “I am satisfied that this case would be decided by influence and pressure on the judge to convict … whatever the strength or weakness of the prosecution case”. The court also called attention to the fact that accusations against Shuppe were based explicitly on the testimony of two witnesses, one of whom was an anonymous witness and the other - already had rejected his testimony. The Russian Federation did not challenge the court's judgment.