Ivan Kuzovlev

Ivan Gennadievich Kuzovlev (; born February 26, 1972, in Shamary, Shalinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Education & Early Years From 1979 to 1986, Kuzovlev studied at School No. 25 in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma before moving to Yekaterinburg. In 1989, he graduated from School No. 76, where he studied alongside his future business partner, Maxim Panyak.

In 1993, he earned a degree in economics from the Ural State University of Economics (USUE), graduating from the Faculty of Planning and Economics with a specialization in Commercial Activity Organization. in 2020. As of 2025, the team has 700 employees. The automated personnel management system, developed under his leadership, allowed for a 25% increase in the efficiency of personnel use. He oversees e-commerce, the introduction of new technologies and innovations, as well as marketing and expansion into new regions and countries. Under his direct leadership, the company underwent a digital transformation, becoming one of the most technologically advanced and successful platforms in Russian e-commerce. The website goldapple.ru ranks among the country’s TOP-15 largest online stores, according to Data Insight (2025), while its mobile app was recognized as the best in beauty retail (Go Mobile and MTS Ads, 2024).

Since 2020, the company has been pursuing active international expansion. Its stores and delivery services first launched in the CIS region, followed by the Middle East. By 2025, Gold Apple operates in six countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, with a workforce of more than 14 000 employees. As Ivan Kuzovlev commented in an interview with Forbes, the opening of the second Golden Apple store in Saudi Arabia is planned in 2026 in the capital Riyadh.

Personal life Kuzovlev lives in Russia and is raising three children. He has a passion for contemporary art, architecture, design, painting, and tennis. He prefers a rural way of life, engaging in home farming that includes growing fruits and vegetables as well as keeping poultry.