Arkady volozh biography of william

For a scientist who climbed a classic Soviet career ladder, Arkady Volozh has shown a remarkable ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances and a highly developed flair for new business opportunities.

It all began when Volozh, a top student in applied math at the Gubkin Oil and Gas Institute, got his first job assignment.

It was not at the Russian Academy of Sciences, as he had expected, but at the Computing Center of the All-Union Research and Development Institute of Pipeline Construction. This “failure” turned to an advantage, as it gave the budding scientist “total freedom,” plus a wealth of experience working with large volumes of data.

Like many in the computing arena, Volozh took advantage of new freedoms in the late 1980s and became one of the founders of a cooperative to import computers and trade them for agricultural products.

At that time, a PC was worth a fortune in Russia, so when Volozh left the