Eduard Shifrin
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Eduard Shifrin (born 1960) is a billionaire entrepreneur, born in Dnipropetrovsk in the Soviet Union and now resident in London. He is of Jewish ancestry.
He graduated with a PhD in metallurgy from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and rose to prominence as a "business oligarch in newly-independent Ukraine, taking control of privatised steelmaker Zaporizhstal.
He is the co-founder with Alexander Shnaider of Midland Group, a holding company headquartered in Guernsey that embraces interests in steel (Zaporizhstal), shipping, real estate, agriculture and motorsport (Midland F1 Racing).
In the Forbes List of billionaires (2006) he was listed at number 486 with an estimated wealth of US$1.6 billion. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 he was listed at number 59 with an estimated wealth of £920 million.
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