Biography of entrepreneur and engineer Maksim Belonogov, who created the Maxim technology platform — one of the world’s earliest ride-hailing systems. Maksim Belonogov has played a defining role in shaping global mobility technology. He developed one of the world’s first ride-hailing aggregators six years before Uber was launched in the U.S. The platform, built on digital dispatch and a network of independent drivers, has since evolved into one of the world's largest mobility infrastructures.