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Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch and billionaire. Deripaska began his career as a metals trader after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He used accumulated funds from trading to acquire stakes in the Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter from a consortium of businessmen who privatized it in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter served as the…
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business · Russian businessman (born 1968) · entrepreneur · investor · businessperson · patron of the arts · physicist · also Oleg Deripaska, Oleg V. Deripaska, Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, Deripaska
Born 2 January 1968 · Q315514
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“Instead of top-down management, you should understand everything is in the hands of your operator and empower that operator to drive efficiencies and improvements directly on the factory floor.”
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New York Post: Russia could run out of cash by next year, Putin pal Oleg Deripaska says
In July 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $US4
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Yahoo: Russian Billionaire Oleg Deripaska Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions
New York Post: Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska charged with violating US sanctions
For reasons relating to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia
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Claimed: “"Watching everything that is happening in America, I cannot help but marvel at the utter stupidity of part of the American establishment, who persist in spinning this story about the allegedly colossal role of the Russians in the 2016 U.S. presidential election."” — rated False by VOA.
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During the pandemic he donated money to construct hospitals in Siberia
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During the pandemic of COVID-19 it bought new ambulances and sent them to twelve Russian towns in Siberia and the Urals
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Reported net worth: $4.5B (as of 2020).
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions.” Half True.
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Rusal was overtaken by China's Chalco as the second biggest listed producer of aluminium
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Claimed: ““Aleksei Navalny is not the defendant in the suit, despite the fact that he illegally used information about the private life of Oleg Deripaska, savoring in his video the details of private life and making unfounded accusations.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Awarded National Order of Merit (2017).
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Under that country's golden visa rule, which generates billions in revenue for the island nation
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During the West African Ebola virus epidemic Deripaska personally initiated construction of the Centre for Epidemic and Microbiological Research and Treatment in the Guinean Kindia province
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It reported adjusted core earnings of $2
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Rusal issued two Eurobonds to finance its debts
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Deripaska obtained a Cypriot citizenship through the country's 'golden visa' program, which allows major investors in the economy to apply for a national passport
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Deripaska filed a lawsuit against Morgan Stanley, accusing the bank of using insider information to short sell Deripaska's $1
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Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014).
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Part of the nationwide championship on cross-industry blue-collar professions in high-tech "WorldSkills"
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Volnoe Delo foundation launched a programme for students' early career guidance and professional training—JuniorSkills
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Deripaska was awarded the "Aluminium Industry Ambassador Award" in the Metal Bulletin Awards for Excellence for his "great influence within the global aluminium industry and the wider market"
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Deripaska and Iskander Makhmudov (head of UGMK) were asked by Spanish police to answer questions in relation to a money-laundering enquiry
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Deripaska established Kuban Agroholding, a 75,000-hectare agribusiness in the Krasnodar region
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Under Deripaska's leadership, Rusal became the first Russian company to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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Deripaska was again allowed entry and visited the United States twice
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Deripaska's ranking fell to No
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Deripaska had been interrogated as a witness in Spain and England and by the FBI about money laundering, he was never charged with any crimes
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In 2009, Deripaska's ranking fell to No. 164, with Forbes stating: "[H]e may not withstand collapsing markets and heavy debts".
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To RUSAL as CEO to lead the company through the debt restructuring process
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Whilst Deripaska was involved in a bid to buy the Daimler Chrysler Group, The Guardian reported that the United States canceled his entry visa due to "criminal associations and relationships"
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Rusal merged with SUAL Group and Glencore International AG to form UC Rusal, with Deripaska as chairman
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Deripaska himself in 2007 was reported to have consistently said that the estimate of his wealth was exaggerated, that it did not completely account for the amount of debt he incurred, and that he should be ranked far below the top ten on the list of the Russian billionaires.
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Was reported to have consistently said that the estimate of his wealth was exaggerated, that it did not completely account for the amount of debt he incurred, and that he should be ranked far below the top ten on the lis
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RUSAL, SUAL Group, one of the world's top 10 aluminium producers; and Glencore International AG, the Swiss natural resources group, merged their assets to form United Company RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium and alum
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Deripaska's Veleron investment vehicle acquired stock in Magna through a $1
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With Deripaska as president and controlling shareholder
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And unites Deripaska's machine building assets
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For work on "Department of State visa policies and procedures" tied to Deripaska
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GAZ Group was established by combining Deripaska's machine building assets
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Deripaska was appointed by the President of Russia to represent the country in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
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The consolidation of RUSAL's ownership by companies related to Deripaska was completed with the acquisition of the remaining 25% equity interest in RUSAL managed by Millhouse Capital
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Businesses led by Deripaska increased their stake in those companies under common management to 75% by acquiring half of the interest managed by Millhouse Capital
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Deripaska and Yumasheva were married from 2001 to 2018.
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Deripaska founded Rusal, the result of a partnership between Sibirsky Aluminium and Roman Abramovich's Millhouse Capital
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Deripaska started acquiring machine building assets
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Awarded Order of Friendship (1999).
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2006, and 2007 by Vedomosti, a Russian business daily
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Was awarded the Order of Friendship, a state award of the Russian Federation
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Deripaska established a charitable foundation in Russia, Volnoe Delo
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Which has been managing investments in the following sectors: energy, metals and mining, machinery, financial services, agriculture, construction, and aviation
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Founded Sibirsky (Siberian) Aluminium Group, which in 2000 merged with Roman Abramovich's Millhouse Capital to create RUSAL
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Studied at Plekhanov Russian Economic University (1996).
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Earned a master's degree from the Plekhanov University of Economics
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Deripaska became director general of the plant at the age of 26
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Deripaska graduated with honors in physics from Moscow State University; however, the collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced academic funding, making it impossible for him to continue his studies as a theoretical p
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Born 1968-01-02.
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