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David Yang

Давид Янг

Yerevan-born entrepreneur who co-founded ABBYY and brought Russian AI to the world

🇺🇸 Fame: USA🇷🇺 Origin: USSR👤 Self (Born there)🗣 Russian: Fluent
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Profile #259
ProfessionTech (ABBYY)
Russian originYerevan (Armenia)USSR
AncestrySelf (Born there)-
RussianFluent
CategoryTech & BusinessTier B
Biography

David Yangtech (abbyy) with roots in the USSR

David Yang is a Russian-Armenian entrepreneur born in Yerevan (USSR) who co-founded ABBYY — the artificial intelligence and optical character recognition company whose FineReader software is used by millions worldwide. He is also the founder of Cybiko and other tech ventures.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Yerevan (Armenia)

Born in Yerevan, Armenia (USSR) in 1968, Yang grew up in the Soviet scientific culture that produced world-class mathematicians and engineers. He co-founded ABBYY in Moscow in 1989 — one of the earliest post-Soviet tech companies to achieve global reach, with offices in 15 countries.

Family Tree
Subject
David Yang🇺🇸 USA
Self (Born there)
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Origin
Yerevan (Armenia)🇷🇺 USSR
Historical context
Soviet Union (USSR) · 1922–1991
Map of the Soviet Union (USSR)

Yerevan (Armenia). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.

Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

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Co-founded ABBYY (1989) — AI and OCR software used by millions globally
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FineReader — world's leading document recognition software
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Founded Cybiko (1999) — early wireless handheld gaming device
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ABBYY serves Fortune 500 companies in 200+ countries
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Pioneer of post-Soviet technology entrepreneurship
Russian diasporaborn in Russia/USSRSoviet-bornRussian speaker
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