Mail.ru: First Billion-Dollar Internet Company in Russia

30. November 2007 News

Very interesting: Mail.ru, which has been around since 1998, is apparently the first billion-dollar company in Russia. South-African media & internet group Naspers have acquired a 2,6 % stake in the company for $ 26 million, thus valuing the company at a whopping 1 000 000 000 dollars.

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Congratulations!

Next up: Mail.be? ;)

Other ‘mail’ properties:

Mail.com - IDPG
Mail.org - placeholder page with advertising
Mail.biz - placeholder page with advertising
Mail.de - Good Ideas Factory
Mail.cc - placeholder page with advertising
Mail.lu - Modus

Surprisingly, these domain names don’t even resolve: Mail.net, Mail.co.uk, Mail.nl, Mail.fr, Mail.es.

Another interesting caveat: Mail.eu and Mail.info Annotate this page

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