For the fourth time, Forbes analysts rank the companies that conduct their business on the Internet. Analyzing the revenue for 2013, experts selected the strongest players in this market segment.
In today's review we offer you Top-10 of the largest Internet companies in Russia .The list did not include online stores, which are dedicated to a separate rating.
Contents:
- 10. Avito( $ 60 million)
- 9. Superjob( $ 65 million)
- 8. 2 GIS( $ 97 million)
- 7. Game Insight( $ 110 million)
- 6. iFree( $ 130 million)
- 5. Poster-Rambler-SUP( $ 133 million)
- 4. RBC( $ 156 million)
- 3. VKontakte( $ 215 million)
- 2. Mail.ru Group( $ 860.5 million)
- 1. Yandex( $ 1238 million)
10. Avito( $ 60 million)
As of the beginning of February, 17,466,208 announcements of various subjects were posted on the site avito.ru. The idea of the project belonged to the Swede Jonas Nordlander. To date, Avito is the largest Internet trading platform in Russia and the best site for free ads, 400 thousand new ads are posted here every day.
9. Superjob( $ 65 million)
One of the most popular recruiting portals Runet was founded in 2000.On average, Superjob has 6 million visitors a month. In 2013, applications were launched for iOS and Android, allowing you to publish jobs and look for work. Thanks to this, the portal entered our search engine rankings.
8. 2GIS( $ 97 million)
Twenty million people use GIS cards and electronic directories. The company was founded in 1999 by Novosibirsk businessman Alexander Sysoev and his wife Marina. Today, 2GIS maps allow you to navigate in 250 cities of Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Italy and other countries.
7. Game Insight( $ 110 million)
The company develops and publishes its own computer games. A distinctive feature of all games from Game Insight is the principle of free-to-play. Those. For the opportunity to play it is not necessary to pay, but bonuses are available for money.
6. iFree( $ 130 million)
The company is engaged in the creation of mobile applications and other projects in the field of mobile as well as NFC-technologies. IFree products are available in 100 different countries around the world. In 2013, an agreement on cooperation with the Chinese company China Telecom was concluded.
5. Poster-Rambler-soup( $ 133 million)
This young company, founded in 2013, combined well-known and high-yielding projects LiveJournal.com, Rambler.ru, Begun.ru, Lenta.ru, Gazeta.ru and Afisha.en. The owners of the company are Alexander Mamut and Vladimir Potanin. Alexander Mamut took over the operational management of the new child.
4. RBC( $ 156 million)
More than 50% of the company belongs to the group "Onexim" Mikhail Prokhorov.1500 employees work for RBC.The company owns the information resource Rbc.ru, the business television channel RBC, the eponymous magazine, and the RBC Daily newspaper. In 2013, the company earned a sale of the publishing house "Salon Press", which specializes in publishing publications about the interior.
3. VKontakte( $ 215 million)
Every day this social network is visited by 60 million users. About 40% of the company belongs to the Mail.ru Group, and 48% to the UCP fund of Ilya Shcherbovich. The main source of the company's revenue is advertising, as well as placing various applications in social networks. In the near future, the company's IPO is planned.
2. Mail.ru Group( $ 860.5 million)
Founded in 1998, the group of companies today is an employer for 3000 employees. The main owner of Mail.ru is the NMT group, owned by billionaire Alisher Usmanov. The group of companies owns not only the same postal service, but also social networks Odnoklassniki and My World, ICQ and "Mail.ru Agent", as well as shares in other projects.
1. Yandex( $ 1 238 million)
The largest Russian Internet company was founded in 2000.Today 4500 employees work on Yandex, and the popular search engine processes 250 million requests daily. The largest transaction in 2013 was the acquisition of Yandex Kinopoisk.ru resource for $ 80 million.
