About Arkady Volozh
  • Arkady Volozh is the principal founder and largest individual shareholder of publicly traded search engine Yandex, Russia's Google.
  • He cofounded the business with Ilya Segalovich who died of cancer in 2013.
  • Volozh started working on search in 1989, which led to him establishing Arkadia Company in 1990, a company that developed search software.
  • His early achievements include the development of electronic search for use in patents, Russian classical literature and the Bible.
  • Volozh resigned as CEO and executive director of Yandex after the EU sanctioned him personally in June 2022.
  • In February 2024 Yandex announced its Russian assets would be purchased by managers and investors for 275 billion rubles (about $3 billion); Volozh will retain ownership of foreign startups in drones and cloud services, among others.
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Personal Stats
Age
60
Source of Wealth
Search engine, Self Made
Residence
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citizenship
Russia
Marital Status
Married
Children
7
Education
Master of Science, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Did you know
He cofounded several IT outfits, including InfiNet Wireless, a provider of wireless networking technology.
He also founded CompTek International, a distributor of network and telecom equipment in Russia.
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