Wildberries

Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer founded in 2004 by Tatyana Bakalchuk. Besides Russia, until 2022 they had services in 15 other countries: Armenia, Belarus, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United States, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, with more than 48,000 employees. Wildberries sells 37,000 brands of clothing, shoes, cosmetics, household products, children goods, electronics, books, jewelry, food and much more. The company processes 750,000 orders on average a day online. Since 2022 they have services in 6 countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. In 2023, the first office was opened in Azerbaijan. History The company was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Bakalchuk. Bakalchuk started the business in 2004 at age 28 in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave from teaching. She realized how difficult it was for her and other young mothers to shop for clothes for themselves with a newborn at home. Her husband, Vladislav, an IT technician, soon joined her to help build the business. In 2017 Wildberries became Russia's largest online retailer, surpassing Ulmart. The company, originally based in Milkovo, Moscow Oblast, relocated to Moscow in 2018. In 2018, Wildberries pulled in $1.9 billion in sales and attracted 2 million daily visitors. Based on Forbes’ analysis, Bakalchuk is worth approximately $1 billion in 2019.