Heads-Up With the Russian Government: How a Chess Prodigy Gambled Big and Won in Silicon Valley - Victoria Livschitz
Heads-Up With the Russian Government: How a Chess Prodigy Gambled Big and Won in Silicon Valley - Victoria Livschitz  
Podcast: Table 1 Podcast
Published On: Sat Mar 15 2025
Description: Try DeFi Crypto Vaults. Curated by Gauntlet - https://Gauntlet.xyz/t1 (Do your own research!)Play poker with us at Table 1: https://table1.vegas/Play poker with us online: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1Episode 69 - Victoria LivschitzVictoria Livschitz isn’t just a chess prodigy turned tech founder—she’s a high-stakes baller who built a billion-dollar cloud company before "cloud computing" was even a thing. Then? She had to negotiate with the Russian government to keep it. Yeah, you read that right.She walked into America with $300 and a suitcase full of dirty diapers and walked out with an empire. And oh yeah—if she had discovered poker earlier, she says she never would’ve built her company. That’s how hooked she gets on strategy.This episode is a MASTERCLASS in taking risks, betting big, and winning in life. You in?Show Notes:00:00 Intro & Background4:26 Finding Poker Late in Life10:09 Chess to Escape The Soviet Union16:27 Life in…Cleveland?!21:14 Chess Entrepreneur & First ‘Real’ Job24:04 Mic Dropping At Ford28:51 Sun Microsystems & Silicon Valley31:11 Sleep When You’re Dead37:07 More Mic Drops in Tech (Inventing Everything!)41:33 Going On Her Own48:07 The Grid Dynamics Story & Weirdness of Life54:35 Divorce & CEO Struggles1:04:24 Some Crazy StoriesOctopi:Learn with Octopi Poker: https://octopipoker.aihttps://x.com/OctopiPokerVictoria's Twitter:X: https://x.com/VictoriaL_64Table 1 Links:Phenom Poker: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1T1 Twitter: https://X.com/table1vegasT1 IG: https://instagram.com/table1vegasT1 Website: https://table1.vegasArt's Links:PokerHQ - Run a poker game? Let your game run itself: https://pokerhq.ioTwitter: https://x.com/table1vegasJustin's Links:Play Phenom Poker with me: https://PhenomPoker.com/?=jypokerTwitter: https://x.com/justinyoung07