Kovalyov Valery Valeryevich

Kovalyov Valery Valeryevich

Education

In 1994 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a degree in systems engineering of flight tests.

Biography

1994-2014

Back in his student years, Valery Kovalev organized, together with a companion, wholesale and retail trade in refrigerators, renting part of the space in the Light store for this.

In 1997, he became the founder of CJSC Trading House Edil. Two years later, he arranged on the site adeal.ru the first Internet showcase with a list of products sold by Edil.

In 2003, as the owner of nine stores, he registered a website Holodilnik.ru with a catalog of goods and began to gradually translate the sale of household appliances into an online format.

In 2014, according to Forbes magazine, Holodilnik.ru, which had revenue of $310 million, was in 6th place among the largest online stores in Russia.

2021: Death from acute coronary failure

In early January 2022, it became known about the death of Valery Kovalev. According to TASS in the press service of Edil-Import (operator of the online store Холодильник.ру), the founder of the company died on December 31, 2021 due to acute coronary failure.

This is a big and irreparable loss for all of us. In Wikipedia, he wrote a huge number of high-quality articles, "Stanislav Kozlovsky, executive director of Викимедиа.ру, quotes TASS. Kovalev wrote on Wikipedia under the nickname NoFrost.

Judging by the history of edits, Valery Kovalev actively edited Wikipedia until the last day of his life, the portal said.

The press service assured that the company's management will continue to implement Kovalev's vision in the field of strategic development, and the online store itself will continue its work as usual.^[1]

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