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Nikolay Storonsky (born 21 July 1984) is a British businessman of Russian origin, the founder of Revolut.

Nikolay Storonsky was born in the family of a senior Gazprom manager. He studied for a physics masters degree at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and has a masters in economics at the New Economic School in Moscow. Later he worked as a trader at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse. He left the banking industry to found digital-only banking app Revolut. In 2021, Revolut became the biggest fintech firm in the United Kingdom.

At the age of 20, Nikolay Storonsky emigrated to the United Kingdom and acquired British citizenship. In 2022, he condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Nikolay Storonsky made the 2022 Forbes Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $7.1 billion and occupied the 336th position.