Arkady Volozh

Arkady Volozh
Аркадий Волож
Born (1964-02-11) 11 February 1964
Guryev, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Atyrau, Kazakhstan)
CitizenshipMaltese, Israeli, formerly Russian
Alma materGubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • technology entrepreneur
  • computer scientist
  • investor
  • philanthropist
Known forPrincipal founder and former CEO of Yandex
SpouseMarried
Children6

Arkady Yuryevich Volozh (Russian: Аркадий Юрьевич Волож; born 11 February 1964) is a Russian billionaire businessman, technology entrepreneur, computer scientist, investor and philanthropist. His work includes developing search and navigation technology as well as intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. He was the founder of Russian IT giant Yandex and currently is a founder CEO of Nebius Group, and earlier co-founded several IT enterprises, including CompTek, Arkadia, InfiNet and Yandex.

As of January 2025, he has a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.