VK

Summary

VK is an enterprise^[1]. VK ranks in the top 6% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,518 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• VK was a member of OpenStreetMap Foundation^[3].
• VK is in the country of Russia^[4].
• VK is in the country of Cyprus^[5].
• VK is in the country of IN^[6].
• VK's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• VK's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• VK's founder is recorded as Yuri Milner^[9].
• VK's founder is recorded as Dmitry Grishin^[10].
• VK is owned by MegaFon^[11].
• VK's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[12].
• VK's chief executive officer is recorded as Vladimir Kiriyenko^[13].
• VK's child organization or unit is recorded as My.com^[14].
• VK's child organization or unit is recorded as VK^[15].
• VK's child organization or unit is recorded as Odnoklassniki^[16].
• VK's child organization or unit is recorded as My.Games^[17].
• VK's child organization or unit is recorded as Uchi.ru^[18].
• VK's Commons category is recorded as VK^[19].
• VK's stock exchange is recorded as Moscow Exchange^[20].
• VK's industry is recorded as investment^[21].
• VK's industry is recorded as technology company^[22].
• 2005 marks the founding of VK^[23].
• 2020-09-10 marks the founding of VK^[24].
• VK's location of formation is recorded as Moscow^[25].
• VK's parent organization or unit is recorded as USM Holdings^[26].
• VK's parent organization or unit is recorded as MegaFon^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 3358006OOIGDFFFSSJ69^[28]

• Registered legal name: Vk & CO^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: IN^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): A0PS^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 2020-09-10^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2023-07-21^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-25^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-25^[38]

• Managing LOU: 335800FVH4MOKZS9VH40^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000754^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 33AATFV2033K1ZX^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Founders include Yuri Milner^[9] and Dmitry Grishin^[10]. Recorded inception include 2005^[23] and 2020-09-10^[24]. VK's location of formation is recorded as Moscow^[25].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'VK'}^[43] and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ВК'}^[44].

Leadership

VK's chief executive officer is recorded as Vladimir Kiriyenko^[13].

Operations

VK's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[12]. Parent organizations include USM Holdings^[26] and MegaFon^[27], a business^[45], in Russia^[46], founded in 1993^[47], headquartered in Moscow^[48]. Subsidiaries include My.com^[14], a website^[49], in Netherlands^[50], founded in 2012^[51], headquartered in California^[52]; VK^[15], a social networking service^[53], in Russia^[54], founded in 2006^[55], headquartered in Saint Petersburg^[56], written by Pavel Durov^[57]; Odnoklassniki^[16], a social networking service^[58], in Russia^[59], founded in 2006^[60], headquartered in Moscow^[61], written by Albert Popkov^[62]; My.Games^[17], a video game developer^[63], founded in 2006^[64]; and Uchi.ru^[18], a website^[65], founded in 2012^[66].

Industry

Industries include investment^[21] and technology company^[22].

Ownership

VK is owned by MegaFon^[11]. VK's stock exchange is recorded as Moscow Exchange^[20]. Products include VK^[67], Odnoklassniki^[68], Mail.ru^[69], My.com^[70], and web service^[71].

Why It Matters

VK ranks in the top 6% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,518 views/month).^[2] VK has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[72] VK is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[73]