VK (company)
Mail.Ru Group (London Stock Exchange listed since November 5, 2010) is a Russian Internet company. It was started in 1998 as an e-mail service and went on to become a major corporate figure in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet. As of 2013, according to comScore, websites owned by Mail.ru collectively had the largest audience in Russia and captured the most screen time.[4] Mail.Ru's sites reach approximately 86% of Russian Internet users on a monthly basis and the company is in the top 5 of largest Internet companies, based on the number of total pages viewed. Mail.ru controls the 3 largest Russian social networking sites. It operates the second and third most popular Russian social networking sites, Odnoklassniki and Moy Mir, respectively.[5] Mail.ru holds 100% of shares of Russia's most popular social network VK [6] and minority stakes in Qiwi, formerly OE Investments (15.04%). It also operates two instant messaging networks (Mail.Ru Agent and ICQ), an e-mail service and Internet portal Mail.ru, as well as a number of online games.
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| Type | Public corporation |
|---|---|
| Traded as | |
| Foundation date | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Key people | Dmitry Grishin, Yuri Milner |
| Industry | Internet information providers |
| Products | Internet services (electronic mail, search engine, website catalogue, file hosting service, instant messaging, blogging, information, answers service) |
| Services | Email & portal, Social networks, Instant messaging, Online games, Search & e-commerce |
| Revenue |  27.4 billion rub. (2013)[1] |
| Employees | 3 000 |
| Website | corp.mail.ru |
| Alexa rank | ▲ 57 (March 2015[update])[2] |
| Type of site | web portal |
| Advertising | yes |
| Available in | Russian, [[]] |
| Launched | 15 October 1998[3] |
| Current status | active |
References
- ↑ https://corp.imgsmail.ru/media/files/mail.rugrouparfy2013.pdf
- ↑ "Mail.ru Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ "Mail.Ru празднует 10-летие" (in русский). Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ↑ comScore. Which Sites Capture The Most Screen Time in Russia? Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ comScore. Russians Spend over 6 hours a Month on Odnoklassniki Archived 2014-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Russia's Mail.Ru buys remaining stake in VKontakte for $1.5 bln". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.