Big Other, Founder
Originally from Moscow, Ian earned a CEMS MiM and a master’s from Keio University’s Graduate School of Media Design. His professional experience is in cybersecurity and consulting. He founded Big Other in 2025—a pocket-money app with an investing simulator for teens in Japan.
Big Other: safe pocket-money app + investing simulator for teens (13–17)
Big Other is a parent-linked pocket-money app for ages 13–17 in Japan. Under a funds-transfer license, kids can pay safely within low limits and learn investing risk-free via a market simulator — closing the youth money-skills gap.
I blend engineering and business: trained at Keio KMD and CEMS, and delivered compliance-minded work at Aon and PwC. I know fintech flows, KYC/AML, and what parents/teens need. Big Other is my social-impact craft—a safe way for kids to practice money and learn investing.
