She founded the e-commerce retailer Wildberries in 2004 while on maternity leave from her job as an English teacher. A Wildberries delivery point in St. Petersburg. Bakalchuk told Bloomberg in 2018 that she used to make deliveries herself in the company's early days. Bakalchuk owns 99% of the company, and her husband owns 1%. In 2020, The Bell reported Vladislav Bakalchuk earned $5 million from selling stock in an internet provider, raising questions about Bakalchuk's status as a self-made billionaire.

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Persons: Artem Priakhin, Wildberries, Otto, Bakalchuk, Sergei Anufriev, Bell, Vladislav Bakalchuk Organizations: Wildberries, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: St . Petersburg, German, Moscow, Wildberries