Ilya Segalovich
{{Short description|Russian businessman (1964–2013)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ilya Segalovich
| image = Segalovich Ilya at MIPT 2010 DSC5517.jpg
| caption = Segalovich in 2010
| birth_name = {{Langx|ru|Илья Валентинович Сегалович}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1964|09|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod), RSFSR, Soviet Union
| occupation = Programmer, CTO
| known_for = Co-founder of Yandex
| footnotes =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|07|27|1964|09|13|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Ilya Segalovich, Yandex co-founder, dies after cancer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23483138|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|date=2013-07-28|accessdate=28 July 2013}}
| death_place = London, England, United Kingdom
}}
Ilya Valentinovich Segalovich (13 September 1964 – 27 July 2013{{cite web |author=RBTH Asia Pacific |url=http://rbth.asia/news/2013/07/25/yandex_co-founder_dies_at_age_48_48185.html |title=Yandex co-founder dies at age 48 | Russia Beyond The Headlines ASIA |publisher=Rbth.asia |accessdate=2013-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130725075734/http://rbth.asia/news/2013/07/25/yandex_co-founder_dies_at_age_48_48185.html |archivedate=2013-07-25 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.ru/news/242611-umer-odin-iz-osnovatelei-yandeksa-ilya-segalovich|title=Умер один из основателей "Яндекса" Илья Сегалович|date=July 25, 2013|work=Forbes.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=25 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=Yandex Confirms Death of Co-Founder and CTO Ilya Segalovich|url=http://company.yandex.com/press_center/press_releases/2013/2013-07-28.xml|date=28 July 2013|work=Press Release|author=Yandex|accessdate=28 July 2013}}) was a co-founder of Russian company Yandex. He was CTO and director of Yandex since 2000 until his death in 2013. Segalovich proposed the name “Yandex” for the search engine, derived from the idea of “Yet Another iNDEX”.{{Cite web |last=Atkins-Krüger |first=Andy |date=2011-04-05 |title=Yandex: Not Copying But Searching For Google's Underbelly |url=https://searchengineland.com/yandex-not-copying-but-searching-for-googles-underbelly-71282 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Search Engine Land |language=en}}
Biography
Ilya Segalovich was born in Gorky into a Russian-Jewish family.{{Cite book |last=Соколов-Митрич |first=Дмитрий |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42foAwAAQBAJ |title=Яндекс.Книга |publisher=Манн, Иванов и Фербер |isbn=978-5-00057-092-0 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-27 |title=Илья Сегалович: «Я был руками и головой "Яндекса"» |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2240828 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}} He graduated from Republican School of Physics and Mathematics in Almaty, Kazakhstan,{{Cite web |title=Совместный проект с Яндекс.Лицей {{!}} РФМШ Алматы |url=https://almaty.fizmat.kz/news/sovmestnyy-proekt-s-yandeks-licey/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |language=ru}} and then from Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute.{{Cite web |date=2011-03-18 |title=Миллиарды «Яндекса». В процессе поиска |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehno/internet-i-telekommunikatsii/65029-v-protsesse-poiska |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}
He began his career working on information retrieval technologies in 1990 at Arkadia Company, where he headed their software team. From 1993 to 2000, Ilya Segalovich led the retrieval systems department for CompTek International. He left CompTek to co-found Yandex in 2000. All three of these companies were founded or co-founded by his schoolmate, Arkady Volozh. He had two daughters.
Segalovich was a co-founder and supporter of Maria's Children Art Rehabilitation Center for orphans and children with special needs. He received a degree in geophysics from the S. Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geologic Prospecting University.
On 25 July 2013, Yandex issued a press release stating that Segalovich had died after a long illness.{{cite web|title=Yandex Announces Death of Co-Founder and CTO Ilya Segalovich|date=25 July 2013|work=Press Release|author=Yandex|url=http://company.yandex.com/press_center/press_releases/2013/2013-07-25.xml|accessdate=25 July 2013}} However, the statement was later retracted, with both American and Russian media reporting that he was in a coma with no brain activity.{{cite news|title=Гендиректор "Яндекса" опроверг сообщение о смерти Ильи Сегаловича|date=25 July 2013|work=Финам|url=http://www.finam.ru/analysis/newsitem76529/|accessdate=25 July 2013}}{{cite news|title=Yandex co-founder and chief technology officer in coma|date=25 July 2013|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yandex-founder-idUSL6N0FV33U20130725|accessdate=25 July 2013}} His death was confirmed by Yandex on 28 July 2013. He died of complications from stomach cancer.{{cite web|title=Илья|url=http://clubs.ya.ru/company/replies.xml?item_no=70520|publisher=Yandex Company Blog|accessdate=28 July 2013|archive-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128032333/http://clubs.ya.ru/company/replies.xml?item_no=70520|url-status=dead}}
Wealth
In 2011, the Russian Forbes ranked Segalovich 159th among the 200 richest Russian businessmen. His wealth was estimated at $US600 million dollars.{{Cite web |title=Илья Сегалович |url=https://www.forbes.ru/profile/ilya-segalovich |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}} It later turned out that this estimation was overstated: a report by Yandex's showed that Segalovich owned 2.9% of the company, which equated to $US233 million.{{Cite web |date=2011-04-29 |title=Чего боится «Яндекс» |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehno-column/internet-i-telekommunikatsii/67291-chego-boitsya-yandeks |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}} During the company's IPO, Segalovich sold part of his stake for $US20.5 million, later explaining it as an investment in charity. Before his death in 2013, Segalovich owned 2.5% of Yandex with a total worth of $US277 million.{{Cite web |date=2013-09-02 |title=Душа «Яндекса» |url=https://www.forbes.ru/forbes/issue/2013-09/243670-dusha-yandeksa |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}
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