Arkady Volozh's track record as a builder is a meaningful part of the conviction in Nebius. Starting from importing computers, he co-founded Yandex in 1997, grew it to dominate Russian search, listed it on Nasdaq and reached a roughly $30bn valuation. Rather than retire, at 60 he returned to lead Nebius, turning Yandex's remaining international operations into an AI infrastructure business, combining decades of software and network-infrastructure experience with continued drive. x.comÂ