Thursday, October 30, 2008

Viktor Vekselberg


Viktor Vekselberg is Russia's fifth-wealthiest individual, with a personal fortune of SFr8.1 billion ($6.52 billion) made in oil and aluminium.

Married with two children, he lives in Switzerland having recently bought a luxury apartment in Zurich. He is an avid collector of Fabergé eggs.

He is chairman of the Renova Group, which has had a long association with Zug-based commodities firm Glencore but started acquiring stakes in Swiss manufacturing companies in 2006.

The holding company briefly teamed up with Austrian investment company, Victory Holding, to create a third enterprise, named Everest. But the partnership soon broke up because of strategic differences and Renova started buying Victory out of their joint ventures.

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