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 |
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Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian businessman, billionaire and statesman. He is the founder and president of Interros, which holds stakes in MMC Norilsk Nickel, Rosa Khutor, Rosbank, Yandex and TCS Group Holding. President of Norilsk Nickel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Hermitage Museum, founder of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation.
Forbes twice ranked him as the richest person in Russia — in 2015 and 2020.
As of 7 May 2025, Forbes ranked Potanin the 81st most wealthy person in the world, with a net worth of $24.2 billion.
Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have imposed sanctions on Potanin.