Career
2025: Appointment as CEO of the Sound service
The music service "Sound" replaced the general director: Artem Lebedev, who previously held the post of product director in the company, headed it. Mikhail Ilyichev, who has led the service since 2014, moved to the board of directors and will focus on a long-term development strategy. In his address, Ilyichev noted that he would focus on a long-term strategy for the development of the service as a member of the board of directors. According to experts interviewed by Kommersant, Lebedev's appointment is associated with the further development of the Sound product strategy , in particular, the improvement of recommendation systems and the introduction of new technologies.