# clm_948DEBE1CED5

subject: Yandex (/record/yandex.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Ilya Segalovich  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-02  
confidence: 0.80  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-02  
checked: 2026-11-02 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Ilya Segalovich set up the web company with business partner and school friend Arkady Volozh in 1997.

What https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23483138 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23483138 (secondary, bbc.co.uk)
- https://yandex.com/company/news/2013-2013-07-28 (secondary, yandex.com)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5281 (secondary, Wikidata)

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