

In the Top 5% of 1832 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
In the Top 5% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
1st place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably
Ulf Persson has been a member of the ABBYY Group Board since 2002. In March 2015, Ulf became the Chairman of the Board. In 2017, he was appointed as the CEO of ABBYY Group.
Ulf is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Mint Capital. Prior to founding Mint in 2000, he was Managing Director of the $300-million AIG-Brunswick Millennium Fund. In the first half of the 1990s, Ulf managed exports of metals and raw materials from the CIS to European and US markets, as head of the Russian office of Axel Johnson and later at AIOC Corp.
Over the past 20 years, Ulf has been involved as an investor and board member in about 20 different growth companies, including Tablogix (logistics services), jNetx (telecom software), Parallel Graphics (web3D software), Socialist Ltd (social media advertising), 2V Studios (TV content production), Elecsnet (payment services), UCMS (HR & accounting BPO) and MyMoney (P2P car financing).
Ulf is a graduate of Stockholm School of Economics and the Swedish Defense Language Institute and holds a B.Sc. in Economics.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at ABBYY.
Based on 21 ratings, Ulf Persson ranks right above Acronis' CEO, Serguei Beloussov.
ABBYY's CEO is highly regarded by Female employees and Caucasian employees. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
ABBYY ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 501-1,000 Employees for CEO Rating Score.
ABBYY ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.
