Mail.Ru Group, ООО (commonly referred to as Mail.Ru) 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.
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 and operates the 3 largest and most popular Russian social networking sites, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and Moi Mir, respectively.
Mail.ru holds 100% of shares of Russia’s most popular social network VKontakte 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.
Traded as: LSE: MAIL
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Moscow, Russia
Area served: Worldwide
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
Subsidiaries:
- VK
- My.com
- ICQ
- OK.ru
Website: www.mail.ru