Arkadiy Dobkin is the Principal Founder and Executive Chairman of EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company.
Mr. Dobkin is widely regarded as a pioneer in the software product engineering and IT services industry. From EPAM’s inception in 1993 until September 2025, Mr. Dobkin served as EPAM’s CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board. Under his leadership, EPAM grew from a New Jersey-based startup with Eastern European roots, into a leading global provider of digital transformation services with more than 60K people operating across 50+ countries.
During his tenure as CEO, EPAM became a Forbes Global 2000 company and joined the S&P 500 index. In July 2025, he was one of just 24 founders/CEOs (4.8 percent) in the S&P 500—and one of only nine in the technology sector—who led their company from inception to inclusion in the prestigious index.
In 2015, Arkadiy was inducted into the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Academy and the elite Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. In 2021, Mr. Dobkin was honored with the Tatra Summit Business Leadership Award by GLOBSEC for his significant contributions to the development of the tech business environment across the Central and Eastern European region and beyond. In 2024, Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces® named Mr. Dobkin among its “Most Loved CEOs.”