Profiles of CEOs leading the world’s top internet companies beyond Google — Baidu, Yandex, Naver, and NetEase. Explore salary, net worth, career paths, and how these leaders shape the internet across Asia and Europe.
Updated February 2026 · 4 CEO profiles
Note: Han Seong-Sook served as CEO of Naver Corporation from March 2017 to March 2022. She was succeeded by Choi Soo-yeon, who has been CEO since March 2022. Han was appointed Minister of SMEs and Startups in the South Korean government in July 2025. Naver Corporation, South Korea’s largest internet company and the operator of […]
NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES), one of China’s largest internet and gaming companies, was founded in 1997 by William Ding Lei (丁磊) in Guangzhou with just $60,000 in startup capital. Today, as NetEase CEO, Ding leads a technology empire generating over $16 billion in annual revenue across online gaming, music streaming, e-commerce, and education. With a […]
Baidu, Inc., often called the “Google of China,” is the dominant internet search engine and AI technology company in the People’s Republic of China. Co-founded in January 2000 by Robin Li (Li Yanhong) and Eric Xu in Beijing, Baidu has grown from a startup into a global technology powerhouse with a market capitalization exceeding $47 […]
Nebius Group (formerly Yandex N.V.) is one of the world’s largest independent AI infrastructure providers, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker NBIS. Nebius Group CEO Arkady Volozh leads the company’s rapidly growing AI cloud business, which generated $529.8 million in revenue in 2025 — a 479% year-over-year increase. A […]