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Ruja Ignatova

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Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: Ружа Пламенова Игнатова, romanized: Ruža Plamenova Ignatova, occasionally transliterated as "Ruga Ignatova"; born May 30, 1980 – disappeared October 25, 2017) is a Bulgarian-born German entrepreneur best known as one of the FBI’s Top Ten wanted Fugitives, and as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin, which The Times described as "one of the biggest scams in history." She was the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen and the 2022 book of the same name. Ignatova boarded a flight to Athens on October 25, 2017, and has not been seen since. Since her disappearance, Ignatova has long been presumed to be on the run from various international law enforcement agencies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruja Ignatova has received more than 2,467,925 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruja Ignatova is the 638th most popular businessperson, the 247th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ruja Ignatova ranks 638 out of 847. Before her are Shari Arison, Svend Foyn, Billy Beane, Hiroshi Mikitani, Maurice Podoloff, and Sean Parker. After her are Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, Michael O'Leary, John Peter Zenger, Sumner Redstone, Horace Elgin Dodge, and Gwynne Shotwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ruja Ignatova ranks 166. Before her are Wilmer Valderrama, Margarita Simonyan, Inma Cuesta, Lee Yo-won, Agnes Obel, and Enzo Maresca. After her are Kiril Petkov, Lee Eun-ju, Miguel Cotto, Katalin Vad, Lene Marlin, and Anna Chlumsky.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ruja Ignatova ranks 247 out of 415. Before her are Khristo Markov (1965), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Boris Nikolov (1929), Zhivko Gospodinov (1957), Stiliyan Petrov (1979), and Reneta Indzhova (1953). After her are Mikhail Zhelev (1943), Basri Dirimlili (1929), Ekaterina Karavelova (1860), Mariya Gabriel (1979), Todor Diev (1934), and Kiril Petkov (1980).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Bulgaria

Among businesspeople born in Bulgaria, Ruja Ignatova ranks 1. 

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