Elena Bunina

Elena Igorevna Bunina
Елена Игоревна Бунина
Elena Bunina in 2018
Born (1976-05-12) May 12, 1976 (age 48)
Alma materMSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Occupation(s)Mathematician, businesswoman

Elena Igorevna Bunina (Russian: Елена Игоревна Бунина; born 12 May 1976) is a Russian-Israeli businesswoman. She was the CEO of Yandex from 2017 to 2022. She resigned her position two weeks early. Following her resignation, she immigrated to Israel following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4]

As of 2022, she is a professor in the mathematics department of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and a scientific advisor at the Y-Data school of data science in Israel.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Report: Jewish CEO of 'Russia's Google' leaves country for Israel over war". The Times of Israel.
  2. ^ "Russia's Yandex head steps down two weeks early". Reuters.com. 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ Iyengar, Rishi (7 April 2022). "Why Russia might struggle to maintain its digital iron curtain". CNN.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference haaretz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Bunina Elena | Department of Mathematics". math.biu.ac.il. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Team". ydata.co.il. Retrieved 18 July 2023.