Leonid Viktorovich Michelson

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Leonid Michelson (2020)

Leonid Wiktorowitsch Michelson ( Russian Леонид Викторович Михельсон ; born August 11, 1955 in Kaspijsk ) is a Russian entrepreneur .

Life

Michelson studied engineering at the Kuibyshev Institute of Civil Engineering. Michelson is the CEO and chairman of the Russian company Nowatek . He holds significant shares in Nowatek . According to the US American Forbes Magazine , Michelson is one of the richest Russians . The world called him the “richest man in Russia” in spring 2016, according to Bloomberg in 2019 he was number two with a fortune of around 24 billion dollars.

Michelson lives in Moscow , is married and has one child.

Paradise Papers

In the course of the revelations surrounding the Paradise Papers , it emerged in early November 2017 that US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had benefited as a private individual from doing business with a company that belongs to business people close to the Kremlin . According to research by the New York Times , Leonid Michelson's name came up as one of the company's shareholders. His own company, Nowatek, has been on the US government's sanctions list since 2014 because of the conflict in Ukraine. With the help of the mailbox service provider Appleby Global Group Services , Michelson is said to have founded two front companies on the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, thus hiding his direct involvement.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rian.ru : CEO Michelson wants to increase stake in Russia's second largest gas producer
  2. ^ Novatek
  3. ^ Forbes.com : Leonid Michelson
  4. ↑ welt.de: Putin's threat against Europe turns out to be a big bluff
  5. ↑ Bloomberg Billionaires Index , Bloomberg, accessed December 28, 2019
  6. ↑ Hannes Vogel: Security Risk Tax Haven. This is how a Putin confidante disguised himself in the USA. November 7, 2017, accessed on November 21, 2017 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Michelson, Leonid Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Михельсон, Леонид Викторович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaspiysk