A changing of the guard is afoot at Mail.ru, the Russian Internet giant that owns the country’s most popular email service; Russia’s Facebook equivalent Vkontakte; messaging service ICQ and a number of other properties. Co-founder Dmitry Grishin has announced that he is stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by Boris Dobrodeev, the current CEO of Vkontakte.
Grishin said in a statement that he will stay on as chairman of Mail.ru to focus more on Mail.ru’s M&A strategy and international expansion.
Mail.ru Group co-founder Dmitry Grishin steps down as CEO, replaced by VK head DobrodeevRead More
