Vladimir Potanin
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Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian billionaire businessman.[1] He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in the early to mid-1990s.[2][3][4]
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Vladimir Potanin | |
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Владимир Потанин | |
Born | Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (1961-01-03) 3 January 1961 (age 63) |
Citizenship | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Occupation | Chairman of Interros |
Spouses | Natalia Potanina
(m. 1983; div. 2014)Yekaterina Potanina
(m. 2014) |
Children | 5 |
Awards | |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997 Served alongside Viktor Ilyushin and Alexey Bolshakov | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
Preceded by | Oleg Lobov |
Succeeded by | Anatoly Chubais Boris Nemtsov |
Website | Interros website |
As of February 2024, he is the wealthiest man in Russia and the 48th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $31 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[5] In the 2023 Forbes ranked him as the second-wealthiest person in Russia, with an estimated net worth of $23.7 billion.[6]
His long-term business partner was Mikhail Prokhorov until they decided to split in 2007. Subsequently, they put their mutual assets in a holding company, Folletina Trading, until their asset division was agreed upon.[7]
In January 2018, Potanin appeared on the US Treasury's "Putin list" of 210 individuals closely associated with Russian president Vladimir Putin.[8][9] In June 2022, the UK has imposed sanction on Potanin for being one of the major oligarchs in "President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle."[10][11][12][13]