Vladimir Egorovich Yakovlev (Russian: ???????? ???????? ???????, born March 8, 1959) is a founder and an editor-in-chief of the Kommersant Newspaper, the first Russian daily business-oriented newspaper.
He is a former CEO and owner of Kommersant Publishing house.
Yakovlev is considered to be one of the creators of the Post-Soviet format of Russian journalism.