Position
Business owner
Alternative spelling
Mikalai Kacelapau, Nikolai Katselapov
Organization
Wargaming
Career
In the beginning of his career he was working as IT engineer in InterVelopers. Sicne 2002 he was one of the funders of wargaming.net. Shortly after he became a leading manager for business development in the company. Since 2014 he is seventh on the top of 20s among influential businessmen of computer game industry in the states of CIS according to social network of computer gamers Kanobu.ru
Assets: Wargaming.net, holding of development and promotion of computer games (free-to-play MMO) World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, World of Warships, Wargaming Group (Cyprus), Game Stream, Persha Studia (Ukraine), Lesta Studio (Russia), Wargaming Europe (France), Wargaming America (US), Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore (US), Wargaming Seattle (US), Wargaming Korea (S.Korea), Wargaming Asia (Singapore), Wargaming CTG (BigWorld) (Australia), Wargaming Japan (Japan), Wargaming Austin (US), Wargaming Taipei (Taiwan), Melesta Games;
Hellenic Bank (Cyprus), President (Cyprus);
Possesses a share in KongZhong (China), Kamcord (US), European Venture Fund Seed Fund, Hitbox (Austria).
Position held since
1998
Year of birth
1978
Region of birth
Minsk
Belarus
Education
Belarusian State University