Nikita Bondarenko, the Founder and Owner of YNBC, was born in Moscow, Russia, and has lived in South Korea for over 10 years, having grown up in the capital city of Seoul. He completed studies on Organizational Analysis with Stanford University and conducted advanced laboratory work and research for the development of high-end robotics solutions at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). In 2022, Nikita founded YNBC, a management consulting firm that has since expanded to over 38 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2023, he established the YNBC Research Institute, focusing on advanced research in IT fields, including Artificial Intelligence, Decentralized Finance, Robotics & Autonomous Solutions, and more. With over 100 published articles and research papers as of 2023, Nikita was the world's first inventor of a special management theory that integrates the concept of “Emotional Intelligence Metric,” abbreviated as “EIM,” as a central principle for enhancing and regulating employee productivity within the modern corporate landscape.