Petr Valov founded Exness in 2008 with a vision of creating a company driven by strong ethical values and a science-based, algorithmic product approach. A software developer since his school days, Petr studied IT and programming at university, and in the early days of Exness, he acted as the sole creator of its technologies. Today, after taking the company from strength to strength over 13 years, he runs one of the world’s most successful and respectable online brokerage companies, headquartered in Cyprus. Petr’s vision is to see Cyprus become the Silicon Valley of the Mediterranean: an IT centre fit to attract the biggest tech talents in the world. His faith in this vision is one of the reasons for his investment in the island and the decision for Exness to be headquartered here.