Alexander Gornyi was born on March 21, 1980 in Moscow. In 2000, he graduated with honors from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. After graduating from university, Alexander worked for the Internet companies Mail.ru, Rambler, RBC. In 2010, Alexander headed the ICQ project at Mail.Ru Group. In 2012, he was appointed CIO of Mail.Ru Group, in 2016 - Director of Strategy and Analysis. In this position, he was engaged in M&A, investments and the launch of new projects within the company.

From 2018 to 2020 - Deputy CEO at Citymobil, a taxi aggregator that received investments from Mail.Ru Group and Sberbank.

Co-founder of United Investors is a meeting point for investors and growing projects seeking funding. In 2019-2020, 40 transactions were made on the site. Co-founder of the mobile app Mo: Meditation & Sleep, the choice of 400 thousand users.

He write a blog #startupoftheday with author's reviews of startups and their business models.

Author of the book “Startup. How to start a business from scratch and change the world ”.