Arkady Volozh
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Arkady Yurievich Volozh is the principal founder of Russian search engine
Yandex
. He has been the company’s CEO and a director since 2000. Arkady founded Yandex in 1997; in 2000, he left his position of CEO at CompTek International to become the CEO of Yandex.
Volozh is a serial entrepreneur with a background in computer science. He co-founded several IT enterprises besides Yandex, including a Russian provider of wireless networking technology InfiNet Wireless, and CompTek International, one of the largest distributors of network and telecom equipment in Russia.
Volozh co-founded CompTek in 1989. He also started working on search in 1989, which led to him establishing Arkadia Company in 1990. The company was developing search software. In 1993 Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich
developed a search engine for “non-structured information with Russian morphology”.
Volozh studied applied mathematics at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
, graduating in 1986. His early achievements include the development of electronic search for use in patents, Russian classical literature and the Bible.
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
Yandex
Yandex
Yandex is a Russian IT company which operates the largest search engine in Russia and develops a number of Internet-based services and products. Yandex is ranked as 5-th world largest search engine...
. He has been the company’s CEO and a director since 2000. Arkady founded Yandex in 1997; in 2000, he left his position of CEO at CompTek International to become the CEO of Yandex.
Volozh is a serial entrepreneur with a background in computer science. He co-founded several IT enterprises besides Yandex, including a Russian provider of wireless networking technology InfiNet Wireless, and CompTek International, one of the largest distributors of network and telecom equipment in Russia.
Volozh co-founded CompTek in 1989. He also started working on search in 1989, which led to him establishing Arkadia Company in 1990. The company was developing search software. In 1993 Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich
Ilya Segalovich
Ilya Valentinovich Segalovich – is a co-founder of Russian search engine Yandex. He has been CTO and director of Yandex since 2000...
developed a search engine for “non-structured information with Russian morphology”.
Volozh studied applied mathematics at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas is a university in Moscow. The university was founded on 17 April 1930 and is named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin. The university is affectionally known as Kerosinka , meaning "kerosene stove"...
, graduating in 1986. His early achievements include the development of electronic search for use in patents, Russian classical literature and the Bible.