Arkady Volozh
$4.7B
Born
Feb 11, 1964
Age
62
Source of Wealth
Search engine
Residence
Tel Aviv,
Citizenship
Israel
Marital Status
Married
Children
6
Education
Master of Science, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
- Arkady Volozh cofounded Yandex, a tech company best known for its search engine, which was renamed Nebius Group in 2024.
- In 2024 the company sold its Russian assets to local investors in a deal worth $5.4 billion; it still retains its core business in A.I.-centric cloud services and now trades on the Nasdaq.
- 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; the sanction was lifted in 2024.
- He has resided in Israel since 2014 and is an Israeli citizen.
- 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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