Dmitry Itskov

Dmitry Itskov (Russian: Дмитрий Ицков) is a Russian entrepreneur, billionaire and the founder of New Media Stars, a web-based media company. He has made a reported £1bn from his Moscow-based news publishing company.[1] Itskov is best known for being the founder of the 2045 Initiative, which aims to achieve cybernetic immortality by the year 2045.[2] Itskov started his foundation in 2011.[3]

Itskov said, in a 2016 BBC Horizon TV documentary, that the "ultimate goal of [his] plan is to transfer someone’s personality into the new artificial carrier."[4]

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References
  1. Palmer, Kate (13 March 2016). "The Telegraph". Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. Alserver, Jennifer. "5 billionaires who want to live forever". CNN.
  3. "Independent". Independent.co.uk. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. Palmer, Kate (13 March 2016). "Media mogul Dmitry Itskov plans to live forever by uploading his personality to a robot". The Telegraph.


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