Roman Lavrentiev
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Uzum
Roman Lavrentiev is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Uzum, one of Uzbekistan's largest fintech and e-commerce ecosystems with more than 17 million active users per month. A graduate of Skolkovo, IMISP Business School, and international accelerators, he is responsible for Uzum's operational development and scaling the company's products. Under his leadership, Uzum became the marketplace market leader and is striving for an international IPO.
Biography and facts
Roman Lavrentiev is an entrepreneur and manager of the new generation, born in the early 1990s. From an early age, he showed interest in business and at 20 years old founded his first project in international logistics, which he successfully developed and sold by age 26. After exiting the business, he focused on the IT sector, fintech, and creating technological products.
He is a graduate of Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo" and IMISP Business School, as well as a participant in acceleration programs in San Francisco and Stanford, which shaped his strategic thinking and entrepreneurial competencies.
Under Roman's operational leadership, Uzum grew into Uzbekistan's largest digital ecosystem. The company combines e-commerce, fintech, and banking services, and the number of active users exceeds 17 million people per month. Uzum's valuation exceeded $1.5 billion, and investors include such international players as Tencent. Roman actively participates in the company's strategic development, innovation implementation, and preparation for international scaling and IPO.
Company name: LLC "Uzum"
Birth date
16.05.1990
Birth place
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residence
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Education
Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Number of offices
1
Number of employees
50