Sergey Aleynikov
| Sergey Aleynikov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Soviet Union |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | Russia and United States |
| Occupation | Programmer |
| Employer | Self-employed |
| Website | aleynikov |
Sergey Aleynikov is a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer. Between 2009 and 2016, he was twice prosecuted for the same conduct of allegedly copying proprietary computer source code from his employer, Goldman Sachs, before joining a competing firm. His first prosecution in federal court in New York ultimately resulted in acquittal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The outcome of his second prosecution and trial in New York state court was a split verdict dismissed by court, which acquitted him on all counts. That order of dismissal was later overturned by New York intermediate appellate court. He is currently appealing that decision in New York Court of Appeals . His story inspired Michael Lewis's bestseller Flash Boys.
Around 1990, Sergey Aleynikov emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States. From 1998 to 2007, he worked at IDT Corporation, writing software to better handle high volumes of phone calls.
He authored a telecommunications patent and contributed to a number of open-source Erlang and C++ projects. He also published several Perl modules on CPAN.
Aleynikov was employed for two years, from May 2007 to June 2009, at Goldman at an ultimate salary of $400,000. He left to join Teza Technologies, a competing high-frequency trading firm which offered to triple his pay.
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