
Arkady Volozh is a Kazakhstan-born, Israeli tech entrepreneur, computer scientist, investor, and philanthropist. He pioneered the development of search and navigation technology and intelligent products and services powered by machine learning.
Since 2015 Volozh has been living in Israel, focusing mostly on developing and exploring new technologies.
He co-founded and served as CEO of CompTek, where he created one of the largest telecom/network equipment distributors in Russia and the largest CISCO distributor in Russia and CIS.
Volozh co-founded NASDAQ-listed Yandex N.V., one of the largest internet companies in Europe. In June 2022, Arkady Volozh stepped down from his positions as CEO and Board member of Yandex N.V. after serving as CEO for 25 years.