Vladimir Potanin
About Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Potanin acquired a stake in Norilsk Nickel during Russia's privatization in 1995; today he owns just over a third of the company.
Potanin served as deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin and maintains ties with President Vladimir Putin.
Potanin spent $2.5 billion developing Rosa Khutor, a ski resort, snowboard park and freestyle skiing center for the 2014 Olympics; he still has a stake in it.
In the spring of 2022, he bought Rosbank from Societe Generale, which stopped business in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and 35% of Tinkoff Bank from its founder Oleg Tinkov.
Potanin and his Rosbank were sanctioned by U.S. in December 2022.
Potanin and his ex-wife continue to battle over assets in UK Court in what could be one of the biggest divorce settlements in history.
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Masters in Finance, Moscow Institute of International RelationsSelf-made
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Potanin split from early partner Mikhail Prokhorov, after the latter's highly publicized arrest on suspicion of trafficking prostitutes. (He wasn't charged.)
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