Denis Yarats

Denis Yarats

Denis Yarats (#1985)

Global Rank #1985
Country Rank #663
Country United States

Denis Yarats is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

  • $ 2 B
  • Artificial intelligence
  • United States
  • M
  • 39 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,985
Country Rank #663
Net Worth $2.1B
Previous Worth $2.1B
Worth Change +$0.0B
Country United States
Industry Artificial intelligence
Age 39 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Citizenship United States
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Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 38
Source Of Wealth Artificial Intelligence, Self Made
Citizenship United States
Education Ph.D, New York University
Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $2.1B
Current Net Worth $2.1B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Denis Yarats is the chief technology officer and cofounder of AI search startup Perplexity, which hit a $20 billion valuation in 2025. Perplexity uses a mix of AI models to summarize information from different websites and provides footnote-style citations to the source. The startup is backed by investors including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, AI pioneer Yann LeCun and Google's chief scientist Jeff Dean. Originally from Belarus, Yarats cofounded Perplexity in August 2022 with Aravind Srinivas, Andy Konwinski and Johnny Ho. Before starting Perplexity, Yarats was a research scientist at Meta's Facebook AI Research (FAIR) lab and helped create search engine Bing at Microsoft.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#1982
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Wealth Growth

Net Worth Growth Over Time

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