Xsolla appoints Konstantin Golubitsky as CEO
Xsolla has appointed Konstantin Golubitsky as CEO to accelerate the company’s growth as a payment and commerce provider for video games.
Xsolla is elevating Golubitsky, previously the chief technology officer at Xsolla, to the top position after a decade as the company’s CTO. The company started in Perm, Russia, and it has expanded to numerous locations such as Los Angeles.
Golubitsky will focus on strategies to bolster the platform’s position in video game commerce, strengthen company culture, and build on Xsolla’s history of innovation. The company culture part is important as the previous CEO Shurick Aleksandr Agapitov fired 150 employees after doing a data analysis of their activity. The incident was condemned for the callous manner the CEO used in his firing letter.
HR experts criticized Agapitov’s tone as well as his reliance on analysis of network time as a way to measure employee productivity and firing folks who came up lacking. I asked Golubitsky about that incident, and he sent an email reply through his PR folks.
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“While layoffs are never easy, what excites me about this role is the opportunity to lead Xsolla in its next phase of growth,” Golubitsky said in the email. “It’s an amazing chance to build upon the work we’ve done over the last decade. We’re focused on the future and creating products and services that contribute to a growing global video game economy.”
He added, “Video game consumption is at an all-time high and, while the past two years of a pandemic have been challenging, Xsolla is fortunate to not only survive but to thrive during these shifting times. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity at this time in our
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