Tatyana Bakalchuk — businesswoman with roots in the Russia
Tatyana Bakalchuk is a Russian entrepreneur who founded Wildberries — Russia's largest online marketplace — from her Moscow apartment in 2004 while on maternity leave. She built it into a company processing billions of orders annually with operations across Russia, the CIS, and beyond, making her the richest woman in the Russian-speaking world and one of Russia's wealthiest individuals.
Tracing the roots — Moscow (Russia)
A former English teacher who started her business with a small investment and no outside funding, Bakalchuk's story of building Wildberries into Russia's Amazon from her apartment while raising children is one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial narratives in post-Soviet history. She is the only self-made female billionaire currently active in Russia.
Moscow (Russia). Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.
A career defined by ambition
"I started with almost nothing, while on maternity leave. The idea was simple: make shopping easy."