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Encyclopedia > Viktor Vekselberg

Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (Russian: Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг; born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russia's third-largest oil and gas company. He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP. He is also a chairman of SUAL Holding, which controls Russia's second-largest aluminum business and is ranked ninth in the world. In February 2004, he purchased nine of the Fabergé eggs from the Forbes publishing family in New York City. In September 2006, he agreed to pay the approximately $1 million in expenses to transport the Lowell House Bells from Harvard University back to their original location in the Danilov Monastery and to purchase replacement bells. The bells will be repatriated as early as the summer of 2007[1]. He is of Jewish origin by his father side and presently one of the Russian oligarchs. Recently it has been rumored that Russian President Vladimir Putin may appoint Vekselberg as Governor of Kamchatka Oblast, a practice already done with Oligarch Roman Abramovich (in this case to Chukotka Autonomous Okrug). He is married to Marina and has two children, a daughter and a son, Sasha. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105 in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BP plc (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company / multinational oil company (oil major) with headquarters in London which is amongst the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six supermajors (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... Fabergés Moscow Kremlin Egg, 1906 A Fabergé egg is one of fifty-seven jewelry Easter eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé of the Fabergé company for the Russian Tsars between 1885 and 1917. ... This article is about the Forbes family associated with Forbes magazine. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The sky-blue bell tower of Lowell House Lowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate residential houses at Harvard University for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Danilov Monastery, in full Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery (Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Russian... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Business oligarch, a synonym of business magnate, describes wealthy people that significantly influence the life of a state. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the incumbent President of Russia. ... Kamchatka Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Roman Arkadievich Abramovich (English: a BRAM oh vich)(IPA: ) (Russian: ) born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia is a Russian oil billionaire, referred to as one of the Russian tycoons. ... Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russian: , transliteration: Chukotsky avtonomny okrug; Chukchi: Чукоткакэн автономныкэн округ), or Chukotka (), is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug) located in the Far Eastern Federal District. ...


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