Andrey Yakunin
Andrey Yakunin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrey Yakunin 1975 |
| Education | St. Petersburg State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Employer | VIY Management |
| Children | Igor Yakunin |
| Relatives | Vladimir Yakunin (father) |
Andrey Yakunin (Андрей Владимирович Якунин) (born 1975) is a Russian businessman. He is the eldest son of Vladimir Yakunin, the former head of Russian Railways and a close Vladimir Putin associate.
Early life and family
[edit]His mother is Natalya. Andrey has a brother, Viktor Yakunin.
Andrey Yakunin lives in Hampstead, north London, where his son, Igor, attended the exclusive Highgate School and is now studying medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Education
[edit]Yakunin holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Credit from St. Petersburg State University, an MA degree in Economics and Mathematics, and EMBA Global from London Business School and Columbia University Graduate School of Business.[1] He is an associate professor of economics at the St Petersburg State University.[1]
Career
[edit]Yakunin runs VIY Management, a private equity and real estate investment company[2] which he founded in 2006[3] with British, Israeli-born, investor Yair Ziv.[4] The company facilitates foreign investment in Russia and is pursuing a plan to build hotels in Russia.[4][5] Yakunin is also participating via VIYM in the construction of houses in St. Petersburg[6] and in 2014 acquired Russian chocolatier French Kiss.[7]
Yakunin is the chairman of the National Alternative Investment Management Association (NAIMA) in Russia.[2]
He has British citizenship and citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Arrest in Norway
[edit]Yakunin was arrested in Norway 17. October charged with illegally flying a drone in Norwegian airspace.[8] All Russian citizens were forbidden to operate any kind of drone from 28 of February 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Andrey Yakunin Ph.D." Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b "About". Andrey Yakunin (Андрей Якунин). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Team. VIY Management, 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Special Report - Russian Railways' family connections". Reuters UK. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Russian Railways’ family connections". Douglas Busvine and Stephen Grey, Reuters, 25 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015. Archived here.
- ^ Yakunin's Son Involved in Elite St. Petersburg Construction Project. The Moscow Times, 6 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ VIYM acquires Russian chocolatier French Kiss. Anna Bonar, Confectionerynews.com, 8 September 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "This was Andrey Yakunin Svalbard adventure before arrested". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Norway puts military on raised alert level in response to Ukraine war". the Guardian. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
External links
[edit]- Navalny Says 'Patriot' Yakunin's Children Live in Foreign Luxury Homes The Moscow Times.