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3 unusual facts about Viktor Vekselberg


Leonard Blavatnik

He and a friend from university, Viktor Vekselberg, formed the Renova investment vehicle, and then the two joined with Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Group to form the AAR venture.

Viktor Vekselberg

In 2003, the Renova Group, along with Access Industries (owned by Leonard Blavatnik) and the Alfa Group (owned by Mikhail Fridman, German Khan, and Alexei Kuzmichov) announced the creation of a strategic partnership to jointly hold their oil assets in Russia and Ukraine, forming the AAR consortium.

The historic bells returned to Moscow September 12, 2008, with the assistance of the U.S. Director of the organization, Edward Mermelstein.


AmBAR

In October 2010, AmBAR partnered with the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies of Stanford University (CREEES) to hold a panel discussion “What’s the Secret of Silicon Valley and How Can It Be Replicated in Russia”, whose guest speaker was Viktor Vekselberg, the President of the Skolkovo Foundation.


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