Artem Maratkanov was born December 11, 1987 in the city Brezhnev (modern name - Naberezhnye Chelny in the Republic of Tatarstan). In the mid-2000s, Artem moved to Moscow. In 2012, he graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Faculty of Power Engineering, majoring in Hydraulic Engineering.

Artem Maratkanov came up with the idea to create a business related to genealogy quite unexpectedly. Artem came into contact with genealogy as a child, his father was interested in the history of the place where he came from and always told his son different stories, showed the places where there used to be a village where he was born (it was flooded during the construction of the Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power plant). It was decided to present a study of the history of the family and his small motherland to his father for his anniversary. Artem studied the sphere, but no player in the market was able to offer either a clear result or a good service. So Artem decided - this is a great chance to take an empty niche, and he wasn't wrong.

At the end of 2009 he registered his own company - International Genealogical Center. In fact, the initial investment amounted to 92 thousand rubles taken from relatives who went to develop the site and the first advertising.

In summer 2020, the International Genealogical Center's team headed by Artem launched the international online service Famiry, which allows Russian-speaking users to conduct independent research while in any country in the world.