Anikin Alexander

Biography

2016

Alexander Anikin joined Yandex.Taxi in November 2016. Then he became the head of the platform efficiency department. Prior to this, Anikin worked at Uber as the head of strategy and planning in the EMEA markets.

2021: Appointment as CEO of Yandex.Taxi

November 24, 2021 it became known about the appointment of Alexander Anikin as the new general director of Yandex.Taxi. He replaced Grigory Dergachev, who headed the company since April 2021.

As the press service of Yandex.Taxi told Interfax, Dergachev will continue to work in the company as part of the Yandex business group in the areas of e-commerce and ridetech.

Alexander Anikin appointed head of Yandex.Taxi

This change does not change the strategy of our business and only affects the legal processes of reorganizing the corporate structure as part of a deal with Uber, the company explained.

Alexander Anikin previously worked at Uber (a partner of Yandex in the field of taxi and food orders. Earlier in 2021, Yandex and Uber announced the restructuring of the joint venture. The first part of the transaction was completed in the third quarter, as a result of which Yandex increased its stake in MLU, a company engaged in food delivery and taxi calling projects, to 68.3%, buying 4.5% of the capital from an American partner. The company also fully consolidated the second joint venture with Uber - the unmanned business of Yandex SDG - through the acquisition of 18.2% from a partner.

The final stage involves the redemption from a partner of an indirect 33.5% stake in Yandex.Ed, Yandex.Shop and Yandex.Delivery and their full consolidation by Yandex.

The change of CEO of Yandex.Taxi became known the day after the work of Yandex.Go, which combines taxis and several other services of the company, failed: some users faced problems when paying for services using Apple Pay.^[1]

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