Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Potanin | |
|---|---|
Владимир Потанин | |
Potanin in 2021 | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997 Served alongside Viktor Ilyushin and Alexey Bolshakov | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Oleg Lobov |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Chubais Boris Nemtsov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Olegovich Potanin 3 January 1961 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Spouses | Natalia Potanina
(m. 1983; div. 2014)Yekaterina Potanina
(m. 2014) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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| Occupation | Founder and Chairman of Interros |
| Awards | |
| Website | Interros website |
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian oligarch. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in the early to mid-1990s.
As of May 7, 2025, Forbes ranked 81st richest in the world, with a net worth of $24.2 billion.
His long-term business partner was Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov until they decided to split in 2007. Subsequently, they put their mutual assets in a holding company, Folletina Trading, until their asset division was agreed upon.
In January 2018, Potanin appeared on the US Treasury's "Putin list" of 210 individuals closely associated with Russian president Vladimir Putin. In June 2022, the UK has imposed sanction on Potanin for being one of the major oligarchs in "President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle."