Arkady Volozh
Moscow, Russia
Master of Science, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Russia
search engine, Self Made
$1,500,000,000
1605
#1605 Billionaires 2019
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 is head of the Department of Data Analysis at MIPT, one of the leading Russian universities.
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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