Solovyova Yulia Dmitrievna

Solovyova Yulia Dmitrievna

Biography

She graduated with honors from Moscow State Linguistic University with a degree in foreign languages. In 2000-2001, she received an MBA from Harvard Business School (Boston, USA).

In 1999, she headed the Directorate for Organizational Development at NTV Plus.

From 2001 to 2003, Mrs. Solovyova lived in Holland and worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting company.

From 2003 to 2006, she was Director for Corporate Development of Mobile Television Systems OJSC.

From October 2007 to April 2008, she was the general director of ProfMedia, where at the beginning of 2007 she came to the post of first deputy general director.

Since July 2008, she served as executive vice president of ProfMedia.

In the ranking of Finance magazine in 2010 she was recognized as one of the most influential business women in Russia.

From February to December 2011 - President of the ProfMedia Holding. "I thank all my colleagues for their productive work together. Over these five years, we have achieved a lot - the holding has formed an attractive portfolio of assets and successfully integrated them, the operating and corporate governance system has been optimized, and the level of transparency of the company has been increased. I am proud of these changes, and at the same time I understand that the moment has come for me when I need to move on, "commented Yulia Solovyova.

As of December 2011, Yulia Solovyova was part of the personnel reserve of the President of Russia.

Since January 2013, Yulia Solovyova has headed the Russian division of Google. She replaced Vladimir Dolgov in this position, who left Google Russia in mid-2012, heading the Russian representative office of the eBay online auction - eBay Marketplaces.

Since 2022 - Managing Director for Emerging Markets at EMEA at Google UAE (Google SEi).

2023: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Softline Group of Companies

At the end of February 2023, Yulia Solovyova, Managing Director of Google in the emerging markets of the EMEA region in Dubai, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Softline Group of Companies. The full list of members of the Board of Directors can be found here.

2025: Seizure of property worth ₽232,7 million

The Moscow Arbitration Court arrested the property of the former general director of Google LLC Yulia Solovyova in the amount of ₽232,8 million, including four cars worth ₽13,5 million. The corresponding decision was made in early March 2025 as part of the bankruptcy proceedings of the Russian subsidiary Google.

According to Vedomosti, the court is considering a statement by the bankruptcy trustee of Google LLC Valery Talyarovsky, who asks to bring several legal entities and individuals to subsidiary liability for the debtor's obligations. This list includes Google International LLC, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited, as well as former executives of the company, including Yulia Solovyova, David Munro Sneddon, Dasaro Biondo Carlo Salvatore Maria and former top manager Yulia Ramazanova.

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The petition for interim measures in relation to Solovyova property was received by the Arbitration Court on February 25 from the Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS). The tax authority is the main registered creditor, controlling more than 95% of the claims included in the register of creditors' claims of Google LLC.

The court ruling states that the facts of the alienation of a number of objects of Solovyova property during the bankruptcy procedure were recorded. We are talking about a land plot and a residential building in Istra near Moscow, as well as a BMW motorcycle. Interim measures, according to the Federal Tax Service, are aimed at preserving the existing situation and ensuring a balance of interests of all interested parties until the dispute is resolved on the merits.

Artur Zarubyan, partner of the Art de Lex law firm, notes that taking interim measures in the form of seizing the assets of senior managers of the debtor held accountable is standard practice for bankruptcy procedures, especially if the application is filed by government agencies such as tax authorities.^[1]

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