Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov(born May 3, 1965, Moscow) is a Russian billionaire, one of the main owners of shares in the gold mining company OJSC Polyus Gold.

As of the beginning of 2009, he is the richest person in Russia. As of 2010 - second place, second only to to a large entrepreneur Vladimir Lisin, according to Forbes magazine.

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As of December 2010, Mikhail Prokhorov controlled the following assets: large stakes in the raw materials companies Russian Aluminum, Polyus Gold, Intergeo, the energy company Quadra, the insurance company Soglasie, a large stake in the investment company Renaissance Capital" and others. The entrepreneur also owns such media assets as the publishing group "Live!" (publishes Snob magazine) and the RBC media group. Prokhorov also invests money in a number of innovative projects, including the construction (together with Rusnano) of the Optogan plant for the production LED lamps, a project to produce a hybrid Yo-mobile, etc. In 2010, Mikhail Prokhorov acquired 80% of the American basketball team New Jersey Nets.

As of 2010, according to Forbes, Prokhorov’s fortune is estimated at $13.4 billion.

Way to success

Born into a family of heads of the laboratory of the Glavprofobra and the department of polymers at the Moscow Institute chemical materials. Graduated from the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the Moscow Financial Institute.

From 1989 to 1992 - head of department International Bank economic cooperation(IBEC).

From 1992 to 1993 - Chairman of the Board of the joint-stock commercial bank "International finance company».

From 1993 to 1998 - Chairman of the Board of ONEXIM Bank.

From 1998 to 2000 - President - Chairman of the Board of ONEXIM Bank.

From 2000 to 2001 - President of JSCB ROSBANK.

Since July 2001 - General Director, Chairman of the Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Since March 2006 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Polyus Gold.

Since June 2007, member of the supervisory board of the state nanotechnology company (Rosnanotech).

As of September 2007, he owns a blocking stake in Norilsk Nickel (25%).

In April 2007, he left the post of General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

In 2004, he established a private charitable foundation, the Cultural Initiatives Foundation.

In May 2007, he founded the private investment fund ONEXIM Group LLC (areas of activity: hydrogen energy, nanotechnology, traditional energy, development of non-ferrous metal deposits, development. General Director - Dmitry Valerievich Razumov.

In August 2008 purchase of a villa for 496 million euros Leopolda in Villefranche-sur-Mer ( Cote d'Azur, France) beat record for the most expensive transaction in the world of private real estate.

On October 27, 2008, he became President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RUB), replacing Alexander Tikhonov in this post.

Since 2010, he has been the owner of a controlling stake in the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball club.

Since December 2010 - CEO OJSC Polyus Gold.

President of the Onexim group Mikhail Prokhorov did not make a single career mistake, thanks to which was able to take full advantage of the troubled times of perestroika. At that time, he worked at the International Bank for Economic Cooperation, where he worked with the current governor Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin established the production of “boiled” jeans. Then Onexim Bank arose, and Prokhorov, together with his business partner Vladimir Potanin, quite successfully built a joint business empire: RAO Norilsk Nickel, oil company SIDANKO, a piece of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and most North-Western Shipping Company. But their cooperation lasted for 10 years, after which they decided to divide the business worth more than $33 billion. Prokhorov created a group with the already well-known name Onexim to manage the assets that would be separated from the joint business with Potanin.

LiveJournal of Mikhail Prokhorov. Since December 2007, he has maintained a personal blog on LiveJournal.

Interesting Facts

• Mikhail Prokhorov’s height is 204 cm. According to him, despite the fact that he owns a basketball team, looking up at the basketball players, he experiences “wild discomfort, feeling out of place.”
• Since December 2007, Mikhail Prokhorov has maintained a personal blog on LiveJournal. http://md-prokhorov.livejournal.com/
• In the spring of 2008, a few months before the global fall in stock prices, Mikhail Prokhorov sold a stake in Norilsk Nickel (25%) to shareholders of the Russian Aluminum company almost at the peak of its market value.
• A global trend has emerged to attract attention to companies or sports clubs with poor financial situation use the name of Mikhail Prokhorov as a potential investor. This list included football club“Roma”, radio station “RSN”, Russian-language magazine “Forbes”, etc.
• From 1998 to 2007, Prokhorov personally supervised persons at discos, which he held every winter in Courchevel, France.
• In September 2009, Prokhorov entered into a deal to enter a development project to build a sports arena in Brooklyn and acquire one of the National Basketball Association teams, the New Jersey Nets.
• In January 2010, Prokhorov announced that he plans to begin production of a city car on a fundamentally new basis using advanced technologies (at the Yarovit Motors enterprise). In April, it was announced the creation of the City Car company to produce a compact hybrid car for urban needs. In November, the name of the new car was announced - Yo-mobile.
• In March 2010, he participated in the “ProjectorParisHilton” program, which, among other things, discussed the results of the Russian team’s performance at the Olympics in Vancouver and Vitaly Mutko’s statements that Prokhorov does not have at least some reason to head the Ministry of Sports and that the development model he developed Russian biathlon “raw”.
• On May 16, 2011, Mikhail Prokhorov announced to the Russian media his intention to lead the Russian Right Cause party. On June 25, 2011, at an extraordinary congress of the Right Cause party, he joined the party and was elected its leader for a term of four years.
• In May 2011, in his interview with the program “A Week with Marianna Maksimovskaya” on the REN-TV channel, Mikhail Prokhorov literally said the following: “A person who has rich life experience, from some point fiction no longer interesting."
• On December 12, 2011, Prokhorov announced his desire to run for president of Russia. Prokhorov called this decision “perhaps the most serious decision of his life.” Prokhorov considers his electorate to be “ middle class in the broadest sense of the word." Prokhorov also announced his intention to create “designed for long term perspective» new batch, which he wants to start “building from the very bottom.”

Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov. Born on May 3, 1965 in Moscow. Russian politician and entrepreneur, billionaire. Founder of the Civic Platform party, former head party "Right Cause" (June-September 2011). Participant in the presidential elections on March 4, 2012, in which he took 3rd place (2nd place in Moscow and St. Petersburg), receiving 7.98% of the vote. Founder and former president of the private investment fund ONEXIM, president of the Russian Biathlon Union in 2008-2014, owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team of the National Basketball Association.

Born into the family of the head of the Department international relations State Sports Committee of the USSR Dmitry Ionovich Prokhorov (originally from Barnaul) and an employee of the Department of Polymers of the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering Tamara Mikhailovna Kumaritova.

His sister is literary critic Irina Prokhorova, editor and publisher of the magazine “New Literary Review”, TV presenter of the RBC-TV channel.

Prokhorov's paternal ancestors were peasants from the Smolensk region; Prokhorov's grandfather moved to Siberia during the Stolypin era, started a strong farm there, however, later abandoned it and fled under the threat of dispossession.

On the maternal side - scientists and doctors: grandfather, Mikhail Grigorievich Kumaritov, was the People's Commissar of Health of Dagestan, in 1934-1936 - director of the Dagestan Medical Institute, and grandmother, Anna Isaakovna Belkina, was a microbiologist and student of Professor L. A. Zilber, however, her scientific career It didn’t work out that way. During the Great Patriotic War she remained in Moscow, where she was engaged in the production of vaccines, and sent her daughter Tamara to evacuation.

He spent his childhood in the North-Eastern district of Moscow.

From 1972 to 1982 he studied at a special high school No. 21 with in-depth study of the English language in the Dzerzhinsky district of Moscow, graduated with a gold medal. At school he had the nickname "Giraffe".

In 1982 he entered the Moscow Financial Institute, but after the first year he was drafted into the army. Returning from service, he continued his studies at the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the IFI, which he graduated with honors in 1989.

He defended his diploma on the topic “Forecasting the exchange rate of the monetary system of capitalism.” His classmates and friends were the future governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin And Andrey Kozlov, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Russian Federation(1997-1999 and 2002-2006), member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, killed in an assassination attempt.

In 1988, in his last year at the Moscow Financial Institute, Prokhorov joined the CPSU.

Mikhail Prokhorov's height is 202 cm.

1989-1992 - Head of the Department of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC).

1992-1993 - Chairman of the Board of the joint-stock commercial bank International Finance Company.

1993-1998 - Chairman of the Board of ONEXIM Bank.

1998-2000 - President - Chairman of the Board of ONEXIM Bank.

2000-2001 - President of JSCB ROSBANK.

2001-2008 - General Director, Chairman of the Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel (since June 2001).

In April 2007, he left the post of General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel, but owned a blocking stake in Norilsk Nickel (25%).

2006-2010 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Polyus Gold.

Since June 2007 - member of the supervisory board of the state nanotechnology company Rosnanotech.

In May 2007, he founded the private investment fund ONEXIM Group LLC, whose president he served until 2011.

Since June 2008 - member of the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Since October 2008 - President of the Russian Biathlon Union (replacing Alexander Tikhonov in this post).

May 2009 - September 2011 - member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for modernization and technological development of the Russian economy.

Since 2010, he has been the owner of a controlling stake in the Nets basketball club of the NBA League, which under his leadership moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn.

In 2010, he proposed introducing amendments to the Labor Code, including making it easier for an employee to work at 1.5 times the rate in one place, and not in different places as under the current Labor Code. This amendment was perceived by many as a desire to introduce a 60-hour work week in Russia.

From December 2010 to June 2011 - General Director of OJSC Polyus Gold.

On December 12, 2011, Prokhorov announced his desire to run for president of Russia. Prokhorov called this decision “perhaps the most serious decision of his life.” Prokhorov considered his electorate to be “the middle class in the broadest sense of the word.”

According to the results of the Russian presidential elections on March 4, 2012, Prokhorov received 5,722,508 votes (7.98% of the votes), taking third place. At the same time, Prokhorov took 2nd place according to the voting results in Moscow (with about 868 thousand votes in the capital), St. Petersburg and abroad, 2nd place in some science cities (Novosibirsk Akademgorodok), 1st place at polling stations dormitories of the largest Russian universities.

Mikhail Prokhorov dances

In October 2012, Mikhail Prokhorov completely retired from business and transferred his assets to trust management of partners in the Onexim group. According to him, from now on he intends to devote himself entirely to politics. In the same year, Prokhorov became the leader of the Civic Platform party.

Mikhail Prokhorov's net worth:

As of December 2010, Mikhail Prokhorov controlled the following assets: large stakes in the raw materials companies Russian Aluminum, Polyus Gold (sold in 2013), Intergeo, the energy company Quadra, the insurance company Soglasie, a large stake in the investment company Renaissance Capital, etc.

The entrepreneur also owned such media assets as the publishing group “Live!” (publishes Snob magazine) and the RBC media group.

Prokhorov also invests money in a number of innovative projects, including the construction (together with Rusnano) of the Optogan plant for the production of LED lamps, a project for the production of a hybrid Yo-mobile, etc.

How Mikhail Prokhorov earned his billions

In 2010, Mikhail Prokhorov acquired 80% of the American basketball team New Jersey Nets.

In September 2010, he purchased the 96-meter megayacht Palladium, built at the Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss. He is also considered the owner of the 96-meter Solemar yacht, and Gulfstream and Falcon aircraft.

At the end of 2009, the entrepreneur took first place in the list Russian billionaires Forbes magazine with a capital of $9.5 billion.

In May 2008, Forbes estimated Prokhorov’s fortune at $22.6 billion. In the May 2009 issue of Forbes, Prokhorov’s fortune was already estimated at $9.5 billion. Thus, as a result of the crisis, Prokhorov lost $13.1 billion in a year.

As of 2010, according to Forbes, Prokhorov’s fortune was estimated at $13.4 billion, in 2011 - $18 billion, in 2012 - $13.2 billion.

In March 2013, Forbes estimated Prokhorov's fortune at $13 billion.

In the list of the richest Jews on the planet compiled by the Israeli version of Forbes magazine, Prokhorov ranks 16th.

Personal life of Mikhail Prokhorov:

Mikhail Prokhorov has never been married and has no children.

However, he got into sex scandals.

Resonance in Russian media received an incident in Courchevel (France) at the beginning of 2007, during which Mikhail Prokhorov was detained for 4 days by French police on January 9 on suspicion of involvement in organizing an international prostitution network. The French police suspected that Prokhorov had brought the girls for his rich friends. Prokhorov himself told investigators that he brought women because “he loves the company of smart, beautiful and young companions.”

Mikhail Prokhorov has fun with girls in Courchevel

On September 28, 2009, Prokhorov’s lawyer reported that on August 7 of the same year, the investigating judge of the city of Lyon, Nicola Charrer, who had previously issued a warrant for Prokhorov’s detention, terminated the criminal case “for lack of corpus delicti.”

Mikhail Prokhorov - the whole truth about personal life and business

In June 2008, Vladimir Potanin accused his ex-partner in non-compliance with agreements in a transaction regarding the sale of a blocking stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel. Potanin stated that “Prokhorov promised Usmanov and me to sell Norilsk and buy Polyus, but he did not do this.” In response to this statement, Mikhail Prokhorov filed a lawsuit against Potanin demanding a refutation of this statement as discrediting his business reputation. The judge granted Mikhail Prokhorov's claim, recognizing Potanin's words as untrue and discrediting his business reputation.

On the night of June 6, 2009, on the decks of the cruiser Aurora, several hundred guests of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum celebrated the anniversary of the Russian Pioneer magazine, part of the ZHIVI! Media group. ONEXIM group by Mikhail Prokhorov. In connection with the possible withdrawal of the cruiser Aurora from the Navy, Prokhorov proposed funding the museum so that it “does not completely turn into an entertainment venue.”

Congressman from New Jersey, Democrat, member of the US House Budget Committee Bill Pascrell demanded a government investigation into the potential buyer of the NBA basketball club New Jersey Nets, Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, regarding the connection of his business interests in Zimbabwe with the regime of Robert Mugabe. Later, the general director of the Onexim group, Dmitry Valeryevich Razumov, said that the structures of businessman Mikhail Prokhorov have no connections with the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

On April 20, 2009, Mikhail Prokhorov was deregistered at his place of residence in Moscow and registered at his place of residence in the village of Eruda, North-Yenisei district, Krasnoyarsk Territory. As the media reported in 2009, a businessman must pay income tax in Eruda individuals from the deal to sell 50% of shares to Vladimir Potanin for more than $5 billion joint company- “KM Invest” expected that the budget of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the North Yenisei region would, as a result, be replenished in 2009 by 16.6 billion rubles.

On June 17, 2011 it became known that Lesosibirsk tax office Krasnoyarsk Territory filed a lawsuit against Prokhorov demanding to recover from him more than 2 billion rubles of unpaid income tax. Prokhorov himself stated that the tax authorities’ demands on him are excessive and, pending a court decision, are illegal.

In 2011, he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor (France), awarded for expanding cultural ties between Russia and France.

In 2013, he won the “Theatrical Star” award in the “Patron of the Year” category.

In 2014, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree.

Mikhail Prokhorov is a well-known personality in Russian political circles; in addition, the man is a billionaire, and, therefore, a very “delicious” groom. Definitely, there are many women who are simply maniacally hunting for his freedom, passionately wanting to destroy it. Prokhorov, through his activities, makes an extremely huge contribution precisely to cultural development of his home country. After a man has managed to achieve outstanding heights in the financial sector, he strives to enter the highest circles of the country's politics, and if he wins presidential elections promised to transfer his entire fortune to charity.

Height, weight, age. How old is Mikhail Prokhorov

Height, weight, age. How old is Mikhail Prokhorov - now it will finally be shed light regarding this information. The height of the famous politician is 203 centimeters; his weight is exactly one hundred kilograms; and Prokhorov’s age is fifty-two years. The formation of Mikhail as a now mature personality, of course, largely takes its origins from childhood; it was then that the foundation of his worldview was laid in him, which was only slightly honed and adjusted over time. The boy had a full family, but he was not his parents’ first-born, but already their second child. If we talk about his childhood, it was absolutely identical to the childhood of all children of that time. Mikhail was distinguished by his diligent academic performance within the walls of school No. 21, where, in addition to everything, English was taught. After studying for only a year at the IFI, Prokhorov decided that it was time to repay his debt to his homeland by leaving to serve in the ranks of the Soviet Army. After two years, he returned to study and in 1989 he graduated with honors. When Mikhail already had a diploma in his pocket, it helped him become a young but erudite specialist in the field of economics, and a little later, in the “dashing 90s,” to become an entrepreneur.

Biography and personal life of Mikhail Prokhorov

The biography and personal life of Mikhail Prokhorov is his beginning, the origins where it all began, namely from the date that is now included in all resources - May 3, 1965 - this is Mikhail’s birthday. It is worth noting that the man is a native Muscovite, and his parents - his father, Dmitry Ionovich, was the head of the international department of the Sports Committee, and his mother, Tatyana Mikhailovna, worked as an engineer. Where is Mikhail Prokhorov now is also a very interesting question - after all, the press literally monitors the life of the billionaire day and night. Recently there was information that Prokhorov will appear in the film: “What Men Talk About.” For what fee the politician agreed to take part in the film at the STV company, of course, they flatly refused to disclose. Well, it will be all the more interesting to watch the film itself, the filming of which, by the way, should have already started. The Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation was opened in 2004, together with sister, who is now its leader. This foundation provides tangible support to cultural and scientific initiatives. Thus, Mikhail Prokhorov wants to bring the cultural sphere of Russia, and in particular the regions, to a new level. Also fund famous billionaire provides grants.

Family and children of Mikhail Prokhorov

The family and children of Mikhail Prokhorov are a chapter that has remained unwritten, and which is unlikely to be written. It so happened, unfortunately, that such a handsome, intelligent and wonderful man as Prokhorov was unable to find a worthy life partner. Of course, first of all, he would like the woman to accept him for who he is, his personality, and not chase after his fabulous fortune. In his private interviews, Mikhail admitted that he would gladly part with his loneliness as soon as his soulmate appeared in his life, however time is running, but on the personal front nothing significant changes. Therefore, we can say that Pozorov did not succeed as a family man.

Daughter of Mikhail Prokhorov

The daughter of Mikhail Prokhorov is a truly strange topic. After all, in essence, if a man has never been ringed and married, then where will he get daughters? Perhaps she was born to him by a woman whose name he had previously carefully concealed? But, in fact, no. All affirmative speeches on the topic: “Mikhail Prokhorov and his daughter Natalya” are nothing more than fiction, deception, and provocation. The politician does not and has never had children. Apparently, this rumor was started by the yellow press purposefully and intentionally in order to find out something secret, provocative, to delve as deeply as possible into the man’s dirty laundry, but nothing came of it, neither to tarnish his name, nor to reveal the dark secrets of the past. Because it is impossible to open something if there is simply nothing to open.

Mikhail Prokhorov's wife

Mikhail Prokhorov’s wife is another topic that comes up again and again in conversations with the billionaire. Of course, it cannot be denied that, like any man, during his youth Mikhail could experience tender feelings for one person or another; even today everyone knows his love for female, but not a single relationship in his life brought the result he wanted. Prokhorov is rightfully considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the Russian Federation. Moreover, women hover like bees around him. There were so many rumors about his marriage! Either an ordinary girl from Krasnoyarsk was assigned to him as his wife, or a bright affair with the incomparable Monica Bellucci! Not once has such a rumor been able to be confirmed.

Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov is a world-famous Russian businessman and politician, dollar billionaire. He is the founder of the political party "Civil Platform" and the former head of the party "Right Cause". He ran for president of the Russian Federation in the 2012 elections.
Despite his wide popularity - all residents of Russia remember his PR for the “e-mobile” and the 2007 scandal in Courchevel - the oligarch’s personal life still remains a mystery to all ordinary people. Prokhorov is in no hurry to answer questions from journalists and Lately doesn't appear on TV.

This article will describe the main stages of his biography (from childhood to the present day) from the most reliable sources.

Biography of Mikhail Prokhorov

Childhood and youth of Mikhail Prokhorov

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Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov was born on May 3, 1965 in the family of a high-ranking Soviet official and senior scientist. Prokhorov’s father, Dmitry Ionovich, was the chief head of the International Relations Department of the State Sports Committee, and his mother, Tamara Kumaritova, headed the department of polymers at the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. In general, the family did not live poorly. As Mikhail says, his childhood was absolutely carefree.

Little Misha Prokhorov was not only child in the family - he has elder sister named Irina, who was born nine years earlier than him. On this moment Irina Prokhorova is a popular Russian literary critic, works as the editor-in-chief of the famous magazine “New Literary Review” and the head of the publishing house of the same name, and also hosts television programs on the RBC-TV channel.

Together with his sister and his beloved parents, Mikhail Prokhorov lived in luxurious, especially by Soviet standards, apartments - their area totaled more than 150 richly furnished square meters. The family’s apartment was located on Kibalchicha Street, an area northeast of the center of Moscow. It was clear that life path Mikhail - like any other boy from a rich and intelligent family— was predestined for success. However, it would be wrong to classify him as one of the golden youth of the Soviet Union - his parents were not among the top elite, although later this only played into their hands - they remained on the sidelines of most of the conflicts of the troubled perestroika times.

Prokhorov's parents passed away in relatively early age– Dmitry Ionovich died at the age of 59, and Tamara Mikhailovna died a year after the death of her husband, at the age of 58. Both the father and mother of the future oligarch died from ischemic diseases. At the time of their death, Mikhail was only 23 years old. The loss brought him emotionally very close to his older sister, who, in fact, almost replaced his mother.

Education of Mikhail Prokhorov

The future dollar billionaire studied at an elite English specialized school (at the moment it functions as Moscow gymnasium No. 1531). He demonstrated success both in studies (Mikhail Dmitrievich studied only with straight A's) and in sports. He was a sociable boy who had many friends and enjoyed the attention of the opposite sex. In 1982, Mikhail Prokhorov successfully graduated from school.

After receiving the certificate, he easily entered the prestigious metropolitan higher education institution - the Moscow Financial Institute. Seeing the success of his father, he chose the faculty of IEO (international economic relations). After the first year of study, Prokhorov was taken to conscript service to Army.

In his Live Journal, Mikhail Prokhorov noted years later that after serving in the army he had a lot of unforgettable impressions, and also admitted that he considers modern, Russian army much inferior to the Soviet one - “today everything is much worse.”

After two years of service, Mikhail returned to the institute and successfully graduated with honors. By the way - among others famous people his stream included Alexander Khloponin (he worked as governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, now becoming the plenipotentiary representative of the president in the North Caucasus District), as well as the late Andrei Kozlov (former deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation).

Career of Mikhail Prokhorov

While a student at the institute, Mikhail Prokhorov worked as a loader for some time. In addition, he was engaged in an activity that was very popular in those days - he bought jeans and boiled them with his own hands, so that he could then sell them for many times more. Soon he even founded an enterprise for this purpose, which he called “Regina”. Together with Prokhorov, his friend Alexander Khloponin, a well-known Russian political figure, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
After successfully graduating from the institute in 1989, Mikhail Dmitrievich got a job at IBES ( International Bank economic cooperation), and immediately took the place of head of the department, but did not leave his business - jeans still brought him most of his income. With the proceeds, he purchased a Lada car - at that time this unit was considered a real luxury.

An important period in Prokhorov’s activities began in 1992. It was at this time that he made acquaintance with Vladimir Potanin, who in the future would become his long-term business partner. Their working union is considered the longest in Russian business - it lasted more than 15 years, after which, however, there was a long and conflictual termination procedure business relations.

The partners accumulated initial capital of three hundred million dollars over several months. To this end, Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin sent letters to IBEC clients and offered to transfer funds to a new bank.
In 1993, the partners became the founders of the ONEXIM bank, where Mikhail worked until 2000. He was initially chairman of the board and eventually assumed the position of president. During times of hyperinflation, the bank participated in the conversion of rubles into dollars and back, due to which it received excess profits in as soon as possible. By the beginning of 1994, the value of ONEXIM's assets was estimated at more than two billion dollars.

During mass privatization state property ONEXIM Bank very profitably acquired stakes in RAO Norilsk Nickel for $170 million. Later, about $300 million was invested in Norilsk Nickel, and shares of minority shareholders were bought for a hundred million dollars. By this time, Norilsk Nickel's debts amounted to two billion dollars, so the new management of the enterprise was forced to reduce its staff by 80 thousand people during its eight years of operation. However, Norilsk Nickel shares soared in price from seven dollars at the beginning of the millennium to a record $200 in 2007. The company's capitalization increased almost 25 times (from $2.5 billion to $60 billion in 2007). Norilsk Nickel has become the undisputed leader in the industry in less than 8 years. In this mining and metallurgical complex, Mikhail Prokhorov held the positions of general director and chairman of the board from 2001 to 2007.
In addition, ONEXIM bought shares in the Sidanco company, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works, and the North-Western Shipping Company. In the early spring of 1998, the Interros holding company was founded on the basis of these enterprises. In it, Mikhail Prokhorov together with Potanin received 25% with one share on top.

Since the fall of 2000, Mikhail Dmitrievich also worked as head of the board of directors and president of Rosbank. In 2001-2007, as mentioned above, Prokhorov worked as the general director and chairman of the board of OJSC GMN Norilsk Nickel. In 2006, Prokhorov took the position of head of the board of directors of the new company Polyus Gold, which was created in order to concentrate Norilsk Nickel's gold mining assets in one place.
On January 9, 2007, Mikhail Prokhorov was detained for four days by French police in connection with charges of creating an international prostitution network. The oligarch visited the ski resort in Courchevel, popular among Russian moneybags, together with an impressive delegation of ladies (along with Mikhail there were fifteen young girls). Prokhorov explained his action only by saying that he “enjoys communicating with beautiful and smart girls.” Two years later, the charges were dropped, and Mikhail Dmitrievich was deeply apologized for the resulting scandal.
In March 2007, Prokhorov announced his decision to resign from his positions as general director and president of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.
In the fall of 2008, Potanin and Prokhorov divided the fund that managed their assets (the aforementioned KM-Invest CJSC), and Potanin bought Prokhorov’s share.

Political activities of Mikhail Prokhorov

After succeeding in entrepreneurship, the Russian multi-billionaire decided to try his hand at new field activities and went into politics. In 2011, he became the head of the Right Cause party. He donated more than a hundred million dollars from his personal funds for its development. However, after just a couple of months of his very active work Mikhail Prokhorov had a fight with some of the regional members of the party and left the ranks of its residents. The scandal with “Right Cause” that thundered throughout the country forced the entrepreneur to disappear from public policy for a period of several months, where he returned in triumph after a short period of time as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. The idea of ​​nominating himself was suggested to him, by the way, by Vladimir Putin.
Mikhail Prokhorov in his program proposed increasing the amount of the lowest compensation to citizens of the country who died at work due to the fault of the state to forty million rubles. In addition, the oligarch wanted to hold a financial amnesty. Using it, it will be possible to “legalize previously received income and acquired property with the payment of thirteen percent of their value.”

Among the very few specific proposals for improving the economy in the multi-billionaire's program was the construction of transport networks and airports according to European standards of quality, and he also promised to constantly search for foreign investors.
By 2016, Prokhorov planned to build at least ten airports and lay at least five thousand kilometers railway tracks new generation and fifty thousand kilometers of roads. The presidential candidate also announced his desire to connect the centers of the regions of the Russian Federation with transport networks.
By the end of 2016, Mikhail Prokhorov promised that up to 60% of air transportation in the Russian Federation and at least half of passenger rail transportation will begin to take place without transfers or passing by Moscow.

Specifically, the military-industrial complex and defense tycoon recalls the need to limit spending to spend on health care. Mikhail Prokhorov promised, starting in 2015, to completely abolish urgent conscription for military service. According to his plan, the army will turn into a fully contract army and become truly professional: indicators will improve according to all criteria (mobility, preparedness, etc.).

The main topic election program the newly-minted politician Mikhail Prokhorov was “calculating” on the confrontation with the largest contender for the role of President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, as well as fresh ideas on the global fight against domestic corruption. The 2012 presidential elections in the Russian Federation showed that the newly minted politician managed to take third place among the candidates for the post, amassing a good result of eight percent of the votes. Such indicators, according to most experts, are a good prerequisite for obtaining the status of a serious politician.

The defeat in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation could not break the political spirit of Mikhail Prokhorov, and he did not give up work in this area, continuing to try to reach the top ranks political elite. In 2012, the entrepreneur decides to open a new party, “Civic Platform,” taking the place of its leader. Basic political purpose The billionaire's new brainchild was the creation of a confident and professional faction in the State Duma. It was planned that the party would get into the Duma based on the results of the 2016 elections, but in March 2015 Mikhail Prokhorov decided to leave the party.

Family of Mikhail Prokhorov

The oligarch has never been married and has no children. Mikhail Prokhorov himself claims that he is ready to easily enter into an alliance with the one and only woman who will love him first of all, and not the wealth that comes with him. Many women would happily marry Prokhorov, but he is in no hurry to tie the knot and still regularly has fun at parties with models.

He has an older sister with whom he is good friends. Together they are engaged in charity work with the help of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, financially supporting cultural, scientific and educational initiatives.

Finances and fortune of Mikhail Prokhorov

In 2007, Prokhorov created his investment fund ONEXIM. The assets under its management currently amount to more than $25 billion, according to rough estimates. Including "ONEXIM" belongs Insurance Company"Consent", as well as a controlling stake in the media group "Live!" (she publishes Snob magazine).
Since 2010, Prokhorov has owned an American basketball club New Jersey Nets.

The oligarch also tried to launch in Russia mass creation hybrid car new brand "Yo-mobile". In 2014, the project was considered unsuccessful and was closed.
At the beginning of 2011, Prokhorov owned large blocks of shares in the Polyus Gold enterprises, the investment firm Renaissance Capital, the Russian Aluminum company, and the Soglasie insurance company.
In addition, Mikhail is the owner of media assets, including the RBC TV channel, where his older sister Irina works as a presenter.
Now, according to rough estimates, the oligarch’s fortune is $7.6 billion (according to 2016 data).

Possesses tall– 204 centimeters. The oligarch's shoe size is 47.
He is a blogger and keeps a diary on livejournal.
His formal place of residence is a tiny village in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. He pays half a million dollars in taxes every year.
Exercise regularly for at least two hours, and on weekends – up to five hours. Prokhorov's working day lasts 10-15 hours, and he sleeps only six hours a day. The oligarch loves surfing and kickboxing.
Prokhorov owns several aircraft total cost$76 million (Falcon and Gulfstream G550).
According to rumors, Mikhail Dmitrievich is an excellent singer with a beautiful voice. He often demonstrates this talent among friends and acquaintances.
Prokhorov is a fan of the Russian pop group “Zveri”, he sponsored it.
Mikhail does not drink alcohol, however, loves to eat - he has several personal chefs.
The oligarch loves parties and model-looking women- this often becomes the cause of scandals and the ground for yellow press news.
Owns a luxury yacht Solemar, the length of which is 61.5 meters.
The area of ​​his mansion in Skolkovo (near Moscow) is more than two thousand square meters.
The oligarch holds the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow (2004) and the Order of Friendship (2006) for his significant contribution to the development of the Russian economy.

Russian businessman, billionaire, president of the private investment fund-group ONEXIM, president of the Russian Biathlon Union, owner of a stake in several leading companies.

Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov/ Mihail Prohorov was born in the spring of 1965 in the family of the head of the International Relations Department of the USSR State Sports Committee and the head of the polymer department at the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. Billionaire's sister Irina Prokhorova, is the editor and publisher of the journal New Literary Review.

Career of Mikhail Prokhorov / Mihail Prohorov

Having graduated with honors from a school with in-depth study of the English language, Mikhail Prokhorov devoted two years to military service. In 1985, he became a student at the department of international economic relations at the Moscow State Financial Institute.

Years of studenthood allowed two aspiring entrepreneurs Mikhail Prokhorov And Alexander Khloponin, lead a comfortable existence, as they organized a small but well-established business producing boiled jeans, fashionable at that time.

I believe that the great Russian dream does not exist, because everyone has their own. Every one of us is a genius, he doesn’t like to do what he needs to do, but for the state, for global world We all enjoy talking in the kitchen. And most often we do our specific work poorly, because it is uninteresting, and usually the theory of small things does not excite us.

In 1989, Prokhorov graduated with honors from the institute, after which he received the post of head of department on the board of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC). In 1991 he met his future business partner Vladimir Potanin. A year later they founded a joint stock company commercial Bank International Finance Company (IFC), and in early 1993 the 28-year-old Mikhail Prokhorov headed ONEXIM Bank, which inherited the clients of the bankrupt IBEC.

Thanks to the global economic revolution in the country and large-scale privatization of state property, businessmen acquired shares of the Norilsk Nickel mining and metallurgical plant and several others manufacturing enterprises. The press highlighted the fact that the businessman controlled all financial flows of the non-profit pension fund Norilsk Nickel. After lengthy investigations, it turned out that the fund’s savings had decreased by more than a billion rubles.

In the spring of 2006, Prokhorov became one of the founders of Polyus Gold OJSC and headed the board of speakers.

In the winter of 2007, Prokhorov and Potanin divided the assets of the Inteross group, but this “divorce” turned out to be a high-profile and unpleasant matter. TO general decision they arrived only in April 2008.

ONEXIM Bank manages assets worth $25 billion, and Mikhail Prokhorov occupies third place in the list of the richest people in Russia according to Forbes magazine.

In 2010, the Labor Markets Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, led by Prokhorov, proposed making a number of changes to labor legislation: possible increase in the length of the working week, dismissal by the sole decision of the employer, increasing the retirement age, etc.

Political activities and other projects of Mikhail Prokhorov / Mihail Prohorov

In June 2011, Prokhorov headed the Right Cause political party.

I've always been in the business of trying to predict the future from a business perspective. I'm in the business of creating value for companies, not just business. When increasing tax burden“value” will fall. Hence the conclusion for me, as a businessman: it is impossible to develop the business further, which means that everything needs to be sold. Accordingly, a very interesting situation arises. I have a strong team, and as an active person, all I can do is be a rich philanthropist... I already do quite a lot of charity work, but if this is my only profession, it doesn’t suit me. Therefore, after thinking for just one day, I suddenly decided: I have a vision of which model would be more effective. Is there any other mechanism other than Political Party, the world has not yet invented.

Mikhail Prokhorov I am confident that Russia can become a global super-project, since it has a huge territory and untapped national wealth. He believes that Europe does not perceive Russia as a civilized country, and the path to returning to the status of a great power lies through a non-standard market.

In September 2011, some regional branches of the Right Cause party announced that they were not satisfied with the activities of Mikhail Prokhorov. In response, he accused his opponents of causing political damage to the party and trying to raider takeover. On September 15, on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Mikhail Prokhorov voiced his intention to create a new party, and his opponents raised the question of the resignation of the leader of Right Cause.

At the next congress, the participants appointed Andrei Dunaev as the acting head of the party, and Mikhail Prokhorov himself stated that the Right Cause party had been captured by Vladislav Surkov and was now led by “Kremlin puppeteers.”

In December 2011 it became known that Mikhail Prokhorov will run for president of Russia.

The candidate collected two million one hundred thousand signatures and submitted data to the Central election commission. Mikhail Prokhorov is confident that the middle class will support him, and if he succeeds in the elections, he will sell his business and spend the proceeds on charity.

Mikhail Prokhorov presented his program, in which journalists saw a direct contrast: how it was under Putin and how it will be under Prokhorov. In addition, he participates in rallies for fair elections and calls for an active fight against corruption.

At market economy the old principles of management fell into disrepair: democracy and liberalism ceased to be an abstract idea - they turned into an urgent need. The genie has already been released from the bottle, and no amount of government efforts can drive it back; the time of “managed democracy” has come to an end.

Since 2004, the billionaire has been the founder Charitable Foundation Mikhail Prokhorov together with his sister Irina, and also develops a campaign to search, support and popularize the most outstanding domestic projects in the most different areas activities Made in Russia.

The billionaire launched the production of the Russian hybrid car Yo-Mobile, acquired stakes in the raw materials companies Russian Aluminum, Polyus Gold, Intergeo, the insurance company Soglasie, the investment company Renaissance Capital, and the media project Live! and 80% of the American basketball team New Jersey Nets.

At the beginning of 2007, a huge scandal occurred involving the oligarch - he was detained in France on suspicion of involvement in organizing an international prostitution network. But in August 2009, the criminal case was closed “for lack of corpus delicti.”

I agree, it's a shame. Very ashamed. I admit my guilt. And this recognition makes it all the warmer. And I like young girls more and more. Although, of course, recently " United Russia"with all its might dealt a crushing blow to the Humbert movement by passing a law strictly prohibiting extending the boundaries of our knowledge below 18 years of age. Which is undoubtedly correct. But I had sex for money once: I was young, hot, curious. The representative of the oldest profession was magnificent. And I read Nietzsche in the original. And she gave advice on how to be successful in life: keep your back straight and don’t fuss.

In March 2011 Mikhail Prokhorov fired the senior coach of the Russian women's biathlon team right during the match in Khanty-Mansiysk. The President of the Russian Biathlon Union was not satisfied that the girls left the second shooting range at the first stage four minutes behind the leader. The coach was removed from his position without the consent of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy.