
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 AmericaSource of wealth
marketing software, mobile gamesResidence
Incline Village, NevadaBirth date
05/01/68 (age 57)Education
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Santa BarbaraSelf-made
self-madeJohn 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
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | APP-US
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