Vladimir Potanin
President of Interros Holding Company, President of Norilsk Nickel MMC
In short
- Who
- Position: President of Interros Holding Company, President of Norilsk Nickel MMC
- Last event
- Verifiability
- 3 sources
Case summary
Vladimir Potanin is one of the wealthiest individuals in Russia and globally. Through the 1990s "loans-for-shares" scheme, he acquired Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium. He is close to Putin, yet formally maintains a distance from politics.
After 2022, he refused to exit the market despite Western sanctions, taking over Rosbank following Société Générale's departure. His fortune is estimated to exceed $25 billion.
Acquisition of assets from departing Western banks (Rosbank, Tinkoff) at the Kremlin's direction; ownership of the $300 million megayacht "Nirvana."
Failures and victims
Acquisition of assets from departing Western banks (Rosbank, Tinkoff) at the Kremlin's direction; ownership of the $300 million megayacht "Nirvana."
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Price of a life
Confirmed wealth: $0 million — this money could have bought:
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