Alexei Kuzmichov
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Alexey Kuzmichev or Kousmichoff (born November 7, 1963 or 15 October 1962 in Kirov) is a Russian businessman. Forbes magazine's The World's Billionaires list has ranked him as the 116th richest person on Earth in 2007, with $6.2 billion.
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As the head of Swiss-based Crown Resources from the mid-1990s, Kuzmichev handled raw materials exports for Alfa Group. But in November 2002, the oil tanker Prestige, chartered by Crown Resources, broke up in a storm off the Spanish coast, spewing some 20,000 tons of fuel oil into the ocean. Alfa Group immediately unloaded Crown Resources. Kuzmichev now heads up a venture fund called Russian Technologies, which specializes in research and development in the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology.
Kuzmichev is a resident of England. He served as a director of various Crown Companies as well as numerous Slush Fund Companies and was directly involved in the scheme by which monies were diverted from TNK through Crown and then laundered through the Slush Fund Companies.[citation needed]
