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Yandex Management Team
https://company.yandex.com/general_info/management_team/

Yandex doesn't have a CTO and their top management positions are occupied by people who have no background in [the core] technology. For example, here's number 2 in the company hierarchy:

Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin is Chief Operating Officer at Yandex. Alexander joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in May 2010. A finance professional with 13 years of experience in FMCG industry, Alexander worked in different finance positions in Coca-Cola Hellenic from 1997 till 2007. In 2007 he was appointed Country Chief Financial Officer of Coca-Cola Hellenic Russia. Alexander has a degree in management from Rostov-on-Don State University.