Quotes by Arkady Volozh

About Arkady Volozh:

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.
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We never set up Yandex to imitate what others were doing. We've been in the business longer than other search engines and have created many original products.

Arkady Volozh

Any good business is a hobby. We have an integrated company culture, and I can honestly say that many people who come here to work make Yandex a central part of their lives.

Arkady Volozh

When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see what's ahead of them.

Arkady Volozh

I think Yandex is something in between two different cultures. One originated from the old Soviet culture of the scientific institute. It was a free atmosphere of scientists, maybe too free because nobody cared about making money. Another origin is s...

Arkady Volozh

Russia has to have a technology company of global meaning sooner or later. We should take the depth of technical culture we have here and make it available worldwide.

Arkady Volozh

Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990.

Arkady Volozh

Author Bio

  • NameArkady Volozh
  • DescriptionRussian businessman
  • BornFebruary 11, 1964
  • CountrySoviet Union; Russia
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur