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Mark Rivkin
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Contents
1 About
2 CryptoLogic
3 QT Inc.
4 References
5 External links
About
Rivkin attended the University of Western Ontario before graduating in 1993. While there, he founded Campus
Notes, a lecture note service used at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. After
graduating, he started CryptoLogic Inc. with his brother Andrew. In 2003, Mark and Andrew left the company
to explore new ventures. In 2005, he joined Groove Media Inc. as chairman, a company best known for its
retail publishing activities through the Groove Games label. In 2004, Mark Rivkin co-founded QT Inc. He is a
principal of the company along with Harvey Solursh.[2][3]
CryptoLogic
Rivkin co-founded CryptoLogic in Toronto in February 1995 with his brother, Andrew Rivkin, as young
graduates still living in their parents' basement.[4][5][6][7] They started the project, using their own software, as a
general Internet security software company.
Despite CryptoLogic's earlier purpose, Andrew and Mark soon started to focus on online gambling, which had
become a growth industry since Antigua and Barbuda became the first country to legalize the practice in
1994.[5][8]
In 1996, after the brothers raised C$500,000 in venture capital, they gained their first licensee in InterCasino.
InterCasino, the world's first real wager Internet casino, went online using CryptoLogic software.[9][10][11] By
1998, CryptoLogic was considered a major player in the emerging online casino industry, with its software used
by online casinos in Curaao and Dominica as well as Antigua and Barbuda.[4] By mid-2000 CryptoLogic
software was used by over 500,000 online casino end users worldwide and processed over $4 billion in online
transactions.[5][12]
CryptoLogic was one of the largest online gaming platform providers in the world. The company was listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange in September 1998 and on the NASDAQ stock exchange in March 2000.[13][14]
Andrew and Mark Rivkin Rivkin stepped down as CEO of CryptoLogic in January 2001 but remained on the
company's board of directors. [7][15]
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QT Inc.
Mark Rivkin co-founded QT Inc with a former CFO of CryptoLogic Inc., Harvey Solursh in 2004. QT Inc. is a
Toronto-based investment company that specializes in commercial and residential real estate, private and
commercial investments, development, mortgages, and financing.
References
External links
QT Inc. Website (http://www.qtinc.ca/)
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