Grishin also made significant contributions to Russia's internet presence, Runet, in its early days.

[1] Dmitry Grishin was born in 1978 in Kapustin Yar,[2] a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast.

[3] At the age of 12, Grishin saw a VCR for the first time and the mechanics of the machine sparked his lifelong interest in robotics.

[3] In March 2000 he began to work for netBridge as head of the project development division of the online auction site Molotok.ru; a year later, he was promoted to CTO.

[3] In addition to chat, email, social, and search services, Mail.ru earns revenue from games and ads.