VK (company)

VK Company Limited
Formerly
  • Digital Sky Technologies
  • Mail.ru Group
Company typePublic
MCXVKCO
LSEVKCO
IndustryInternet information providers
Founded15 October 1998 (1998-10-15)[1]
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Vladimir Kiriyenko (CEO)
Serviceselectronic mail, search engine, file hosting service, social networking (VK, OK.ru), instant messaging, e-commerce, communication, transport
Revenue$1.36 billion[2] (2021)
-$1.13 billion[3] (2020)
-$55.9 million[4] (2022)
Total assets$5.16 billion[5] (2022)
Total equity$2.41 billion[4] (2022)
Number of employees
More than 10 000 (2022)[6]
ParentUSM Holdings Edit this on Wikidata
Subsidiaries
Websitevk.company

VK, known as Mail.ru Group until 12 October 2021, is a Russian technology company. It started in 1998 as the parent company of Mail.ru, an e-mail service and went on to become a major corporate figure in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet.

VK operates an e-mail service, Internet portal Mail.ru, and Russian social networking services VK, Odnoklassniki and Moi Mir.[7][8] Additionally, VK manages various e-commerce, transport and communication platforms. It also offers business-oriented products, including a corporate email and communication system.

In 2014, VK's sites reached approximately 86% of Russian Internet users on a monthly basis and the company was in the top 5 of the largest Internet companies based on the number of total pages viewed.[9]

In October 2021, Mail.ru Group was renamed VK Company Limited, after its most popular product, VKontakte.[10]

  1. ^ "Mail.Ru празднует 10-летие" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 October 2008.
  2. ^ "VK (ранее Mail.ru Group)".
  3. ^ "Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021" (PDF). VK. 3 March 2022. p. 68. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022" (PDF). VK. 15 February 2023. p. 69. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022" (PDF). VK. 15 March 2023. p. 69. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ^ "What is VK – VK". VK. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. ^ comScore. Russians Spend over 6 hours a Month on Odnoklassniki Archived 7 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Mail.ru Takes Over 'Russia's Facebook' Vkontake In $1.47B Deal
  9. ^ "Russia's Mail.Ru buys remaining stake in VKontakte for $1.5 bln". Reuters. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  10. ^ Mail.ru Group сменит название на VK - Экономика и бизнес - ТАСС

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