John Krystynak

$2.9B
as of 01/18/26

About John Krystynak

John Krystynak cofounded AppLovin, which makes mobile games and provides marketing services to app developers.

He served as AppLovin's chief technology officer until 2020 but left the company a year before its IPO in 2021.

Forbes estimates that Krystynak has sold off almost four-fifths of his more than 7% pre-IPO stake for nearly $1 billion (pre-tax) since AppLovin went public.

He is one of eight billionaires from AppLovin.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

marketing software, mobile games

Residence

Incline Village, Nevada

Birth date

05/01/68 (age 57)

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

Self-made

self-made

John Krystynak’s fortune is worth

48K

troy ounces of gold

45K

median U.S. household

29K

median U.S. income

0.058%

U.S. credit card volume

0.012%

GDP of the United States

0.009%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Net worth over time

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Financial assets

NASDAQ | APP-US

AppLovin Corp

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