Len Blavatnik

$27.06B
$374.3M (1.4%)
as of 04/29/25

About Len Blavatnik

Born in Ukraine, raised north of Moscow, Len Blavatnik immigrated to the U.S. in 1978 with his family; he studied computer science at Columbia University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

He made an early fortune from Russian oil company TNK-BP, including billions in dividends paid by the joint venture and the sale of his stake in 2013 for $7 billion.

After purchasing Warner Music in 2011 for $3.3 billion, he took the company public in June 2020 at quadruple the value.

His investment firm Access Industries holds stakes in chemicals firm LyondellBasell, energy conglomerate Calpine and house flipping website Opendoor.

Blavatnik says he has given or pledged over $1 billion to philanthropy, mostly to universities, including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard and Yale.

He is a dual citizen of the U.S. and the U.K.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Music, chemicals

Residence

London, United Kingdom

Marital status

Married

Birth date

06/01/57 (age 67)

Education

Master of Science, Columbia University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Moscow State University

Self-made

self-made

Len Blavatnik’s fortune is worth

451K

troy ounces of gold

416K

median U.S. household

271K

median U.S. income

0.541%

U.S. credit card volume

0.108%

GDP of the United States

0.08%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Blavatnik has been a producer on several Broadway shows including "The Front Page" and "Sunset Boulevard."

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NYSE | XYZ-US

Block Inc Class A

NASDAQ | CLYM-US

Climb Bio

NASDAQ | DAWN-US

Day One Biopharmaceuticals

EURONEXT PARIS | DEEZR-FR

Deezer

NYSE | DOCN-US

DigitalOcean

US OTC | GMDAQ-US

Gamida Cell Ltd.

NYSE | LYB-US

LyondellBasell

NASDAQ | OPEN-US

Opendoor Technologies

NASDAQ | WMG-US

Warner Music Group

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