Anton Cherepennikov

Co-founder, Director and Member of the Board of one of the world’s largest e-sports holdings, ESforce Holding.

Already in the late 1990s, Anton participated in the first esports tournaments; later, he took up management of esports teams. As a player, Anton was a bronze medalist at WCG Russia, the country’s most important esports tournament at the time. In 2010, Anton revived Russia’s oldest team, Virtus.pro, on whose basis ESforce Holding would be created.

Outside of esports, Anton Cherepennikov is the head of Citadel Holding, comprised of companies that develop and manufacture tools for information security and assistance to investigative work in Russia.

Sanctioned by OFAC in 2023