Arkady Volozh is the group’s Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director and founder of the Company. He served as the group’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director and between 2000 and 2022 and resumed office in 2024. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Volozh’s background in computer science led to the inception of several successful IT enterprises, including InfiNet Wireless and CompTek International. Having served as CEO of CompTek International, Mr. Volozh moved to become the CEO of Yandex.

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Mr. Volozh has invested in and served on the board of Face.com, an Israeli face-tagging company (sold to Facebook in 2012), and was an early investor in Getir, a Turkish based company and pioneer in the ‘quick commerce’ market, being the first to introduce the 15-minute grocery delivery model.

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Mr. Volozh has also served as a board member for US-based Neurosteer, the company responsible for developing the world’s first wearable, medical-grade brain activity interpretation platform used across a wide range of medical and lifestyle applications. Mr. Volozh holds a degree in applied mathematics from Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas.