Eugene Shvidler
Eugene Shvidler | |
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Born |
Evgeny Markovich Shvidler 23 March 1964 Ufa, USSR (now Russia) |
Citizenship | Russia, U.S. |
Alma mater |
Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas M.B.A. Fordham University |
Net worth | US$ 1.3billion (May 2017)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Zara Shvidler |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Mark Iosifovich Shvidler |
Evgeny Markovich Shvidler (Russian: Евгений Маркович Швидлер, born 23 March 1964), also Eugene Shvidler, is a Russian-American oil businessman. Although not often referred to as one of that country's prominent business oligarchs (since he became a United States citizen in 1994[2]), he nevertheless made his fortune in Russia during the privatization of Russian industry and maintains a close ongoing connection to fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich and his circle.
Biography
Shvidler was born in Ufa, Russia,[3] into the prominent Jewish family of Soviet geologist Mark Iosifovich Shvidler.[4][5] He received a degree in mathematics from the Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas and an MBA from Fordham University. Early in his career he worked for Deloitte & Touche in New York and became a U.S. citizen. He later returned to Russia, where he teamed up with Roman Abramovich to start the oil trading outfit Runicom S.A.[6] In 1995, the men partnered to gain control of oil giant Sibneft "in an auction that some experts," according to the Irish Independent, "suspect of having been rigged";[7] Shvidler joined Sibneft initially as senior Vice President and served as company president from 1998 until October 2005, when Russian state energy company Gazprom acquired Sibneft.[8] For most of his tenure, Sibneft was Russia's fastest growing oil company in terms of production, and its most profitable in terms of earnings per barrel.[9]
Eugene Shvidler is chairman of Millhouse LLC, the investment and asset management company he shares with Abramovich and their partners.
Personal life
He is married to Zara Shvidler[10] and has five children.[1]
He owns the Château Thénac vineyard in France, a $37 million home in Belgravia in London, a $14.5 million home in Aspen, and the yacht Le Grand Bleu.[11]
References
- 1 2 Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Eugene Shvidler May 2017
- ↑ Швидлер Евгений Маркович
- ↑ "Corrections by Eugene Shvidler". ICorrect. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ Михаил КОЗЫРЕВ, Николай БОРИСОВ, "ГРУППА ТОВАРИЩЕЙ", Russian Forbes Русский Forbes, April 2007 (retrieved 24 December 2013)
- ↑ Jewish Telegraph Agency: "At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish" By Jacob Berkman 5 October 2009
- ↑ "Eugene Shvidler Net Worth - biography, quotes, wiki, assets, cars, homes and more". Bornrich.com. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ Kennedy, Dominic. Chelsea owner admits billions in bribes", Irish Independent, 5 July 2008, accessed 27 December 2013.
- ↑ Stocks. "Stocks - Bloomberg". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ 2006-2017 ПАО «Газпром нефть». "ПАО «Газпром нефть» - официальный сайт компании". Gazprom-neft.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ The Guardian: "Eugene Shvidler, Russian billionaire, on his French vineyard" by Elizabeth Day 10 October 2009
- ↑ Day, Elizabeth (11 October 2009). "Eugene Shvidler - Russian billionaire". The Guardian. London.