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People in TON

Founders, developers and contributors building TON.

Inal Kardan

Inal Kardan is an IT specialist, entrepreneur, and GameFi expert who has held senior roles at Waves Platform, Waves Ducks, Meta0, TON Foundation, and now partners at TON Ventures.

Slava Yakimenko

Slava Yakimenko is the Developer Relations Manager at TON Foundation, overseeing grant programs and developer events while studying Software Engineering at ITMO University.

Steve Yun

Steve Yun is a former president and current board member of the TON Foundation, known for launching TVM Ventures and driving key ecosystem initiatives.

Pavel Durov

Russian entrepreneur who founded VKontakte, Telegram, and initiated the Telegram Open Network, later continued as the TON Foundation.

Manuel Stotz

Manuel Stotz is the founder of Kingsway Capital and President of the TON Foundation since January 2025.