Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (Russian: Михаи́л Мара́тович Фри́дман; born 21 April 1964 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Russian businessman of Ukrainian Jewish descent. Fridman graduated from Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1986. In the 1980s, as a student, Fridman scalped theater tickets on a large scale. In 1988 Fridman started his career in trading and financial services before founding Alfa Group Consortium in 1989. Fridman sits as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Consortium, which is now one of Russia's largest privately owned investment groups. In 2014, Forbes assessed his wealth as $15.6 billion, making him the 2nd richest person in Russia.
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Birth date | April 21, 1964 |
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Birth name | Mikhail Maratovich Fridman |
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- http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2405149.ece
- http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=FND3&datatype=Person
- http://www.kyivpost.com/business/general/26465
- http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news/news_story.ehtml?o=1694
- http://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BP-Russian-billionaires-and-the-Kremlin.pdf
- http://www.teliasonera.com/externalarticlenm/?hier=12815&mainUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonera.fi%2FpressProviderWeb%2Fresources%2Fjsp%2FProvider%2FgetArticle.do%3Flocale%3DEN%26articleId%3D17546