GeekBrains is a Russian online education company founded in 2010. Since 2016 it has been a member of the Mail.ru Group. It is one of the five leading Russian EdTech companies. History In 2010, Alexander Nikitin and Hayk Hayrapetyan launched the School of Programming project, and in 2014, the GeekBrains educational Internet platform was created on its basis. In 2016, the GeekBrains LLC legal entity was registered. In the same year, the Mail.ru Group acquired a 51% controlling stake of the company. At that time, the monthly audience of GeekBrains was estimated at 500 thousand people. In 2019, GeekBrains showed a profit over 300 million rubles. In 2020, the Mail.ru Group bought out the remaining 49% of the shares, so the holding became the sole owner of GeekBrains. In the first half of 2020, the demand for education on this online platform increased by about 5 times compared to the same period in 2019. In the rating of the leading Russian EdTech companies for 2018, GeekBrains took the 9th place. In the rating for 2019, the company moved up to the 5th place. In 2020, GeekBrains took the 4th place in the Smart Ranking among the largest EdTech companies. In 2020, the overall revenue of the GeekBrains and Skillbox educational projects amounted 6.1 billion rubles, which is 3 times higher than in 2019. In the first quarter of 2021, GeekBrains' revenue increased by 207% compared to the same period in 2019 - up to 768 million rubles. According to this indicator, the project ranks 4th among EdTech projects in Russia. On June 4, 2021, GeekBrains and the Republic of Tatarstan signed an agreement for the development of information and communication technologies in Tatarstan as part of the SPIEF. Educational programs GeekBrains has a government license for educational activities. GeekBrains online platform hosts courses and webinars in information technology, marketing, management, design, analytics, creative professions and other disciplines. The company offers assistance with internships and employment to its graduates. The average age of the online platform users is 20-35 years old. As of April 2020, the GeekBrains platform offered over 130 training courses in over 30 professions.
