Anatoly Yakovenko is the founder of Solana, one of the biggest blockchains in the crypto ecosystem. He is a pioneer in the blockchain space, and since creating Solana in 2017, he’s taken a leading role in crypto.
Aside from founding Solana, Yakovenko is also at the forefront of blockchain innovation. Solana’s idea for a Web 3.0 phone is an essential next step in blockchain adoption.
Here’s the story of Yakovenko and how he became one of the most important founders in crypto.
Anatoly Yakovenko was born in Moscow in the late 1970s and studied computer science at the Moscow Institute of Physics. He graduated from the Institute in 2000 and went on to find work as a software engineer.
A year after graduating, Yakovenko decided to build his own company. He became the co-founder of Alescere, a Voice over Internet Protocol Service. The company’s business was building Session Initiation Protocols (SIP) and…
