Gurhan Kiziloz Reveals the Real Goal for Nexus International is $100 Billion in Revenue

When Gurhan Kiziloz says $1.2 billion is “not the milestone,” he means it. The Turkish-British entrepreneur, who owns 100% of Nexus International, has made it clear that the company’s explosive revenue growth in 2025 is just the beginning. After tripling revenue from $400 million in 2024 to $1.2 billion in 2025, Kiziloz is aiming higher, much higher.

“We’re not calling $1.2 billion a milestone,” he said in a recent interview. “There’s much more scale to build. I’d call $100 billion a turning point. That’s where we’re going.”

This kind of clarity has defined Kiziloz’s journey. Nexus International’s rise didn’t follow the traditional script. There were no institutional backers, no venture capital accelerators, and no private equity boards guiding the roadmap. Instead, it was Kiziloz, recovering from five bankruptcies, who chose to fund everything through retained earnings. Every expansion decision, every platform rollout, every pivot came from a single desk.

It’s easy to admire the numbers, but the backstory is what made it all possible. Kiziloz has publicly spoken about being rejected by investors, and how those closed doors forced him to think differently. Instead of selling equity to scale faster, he focused on operational cash flow. When the platforms under Nexus – Spartans.com, Megaposta, and Lanistar, began to show traction, he reinvested rather than diluted.

That one decision changed everything. Unlike many founders who trade control for capital early on, Kiziloz held on. When the numbers surged, so did his personal net worth, now estimated at $1.7 billion. Nexus International’s success is not just a company’s story. It’s a case study in what happens when a founder doesn’t fold.

The biggest contributor to Nexus International’s $1.2 billion in revenue is Spartans.com, a crypto-first online casino platform that has quietly gained a noteworthy market share in a $19.1 billion global industry. Today, this platform competes against titans like Stake and bet365, but operates with none of their overhead or investor obligations. In 2025 alone, Spartans.com became the cornerstone of Nexus’s revenue engine, with over $200 million reinvested back into platform upgrades, all without external financing.

Kiziloz’s approach here mirrors the rest of his philosophy: own the upside, but also carry the risk. And it’s paid off. Even as the industry prepares for further consolidation, Spartans.com is growing leaner, faster, and more independent.

It would be easy to interpret the $100 billion goal as rhetorical, a founder’s ambition headline. But those who know Kiziloz’s operational discipline see something different. Nexus’s expansion isn’t based on hype; it’s built on fundamentals. The company operates across over 40 markets, integrates data-driven decision making into every layer, and has already begun formalizing its LATAM presence with a new São Paulo hub.

Kiziloz’s mindset isn’t focused on the next raise or the next exit. It’s focused on the next decade. That long-term view, rare in founder-led companies of this size, explains why he’s comfortable projecting goals others would shy away from. For Kiziloz, $100 billion is not marketing. It’s a plan.

What makes the Nexus story different is how few people were involved in making it happen. Kiziloz runs a lean leadership model, removing bureaucracy and middle layers that slow execution. His past failures, he says, taught him to protect the decision-making core. That’s why Nexus doesn’t have a boardroom filled with investors. It has a founder’s desk, and that’s enough.

Meanwhile, Kiziloz is also funding separate ventures like BlockDAG, a blockchain infrastructure project with its own roadmap and community, using personal funds. His ability to move across sectors without seeking outside approval has made him a rare figure in tech: a founder who scales through ownership, not dilution.

Gurhan Kiziloz’s journey has revealed that he doesn’t speak in headlines. When he says “$1.2 billion isn’t the milestone,” he means it. Nexus International’s journey from a self-funded idea to a global player is no longer just impressive, it’s a blueprint. A blueprint for founders who don’t want to give up control, who believe failure is part of the cycle, and who are still aiming higher long after the first billion arrives.

As for what happens next? He’s already told us:

“I’d call $100 billion a turning point. That’s where we’re going.”