About Max Lytvyn
  • Max Lytvyn cofounded popular grammar checking tool Grammarly in 2009 with Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider; his current title is head of growth strategy.
  • The three Ukrainian-born entrepreneurs all worked together on Lytvyn and Shevchenko's previous startup, My Dropbox, a plagiarism detection service.
  • Initially programmed as a service to help students with their grammar and spelling, Grammarly claims it is used by over 30 million people and 70,000 professional teams today.
  • In November 2021, Grammarly raised $200 million at a $13 billion valuation from such investors as Baillie Gifford and BlackRock.
  • Forbes estimates that Lytvyn owns a 23% stake, which the company disputes, and that Grammarly is worth around $8 billion today.
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Personal Stats
Age
44
Source of Wealth
Software, Self Made
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
Canada
Education
Master of Business Administration, Vanderbilt University
Did you know
Lytvyn was born and raised in Ukraine and later obtained Canadian citizenship.
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