Rasty Turek

Founder at Pex

Rasty Turek is the Founder and CEO of Pex, a digital rights technology company he founded in 2014.1 2 Born and raised in Slovakia, Turek moved to the United States to pursue a career in cybersecurity before becoming an entrepreneur.1

Career Highlights

Founded Pex in 2014, which has grown to over 100 team members and secured $57 million in financing in 2021.1
Previously founded Synopsi Inc. (2011-2014), offering Netflix-like recommendations for third-party services.2
Worked as a Security Engineer at Google (2006-2008), focusing on email security.2
Founded Synopsi Security Group, which was acquired by Imperva.2
Served as a Strategic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (2010-2012).2

Entrepreneurial Journey

Turek's journey is marked by resilience and determination. He started living on his own at 14 years old and went from being homeless to raising $64 million for Pex.3 His company aims to simplify content licensing on a global scale, ensuring proper attribution and compensation for rightsholders.2

Personal

Turek currently resides in San Diego, California.2 4 In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and has been active on platforms like Clubhouse.3

Highlights

Dec 9 · twitter

My 3 year old started pretending that she is taking pictures. However instead of using a “phone” she is using her sunglasses, touching on the side it the frame, mirroring my Meta Ray-Ban.

Everyone around is constantly confused and she can’t understand how they don’t get it.

Nov 17 · twitter

Today marks 35 years since the Velvet Revolution.

I was 4. Don’t remember much of it. But I owe everything I have, and all that I am to it. To the brave that stood up to the tyrannical regime and opened up our country to the wide world.

I am eternally grateful. https://t.co/Si2WnggTKZ