Eugene Shvidler

Eugene Shvidler
Born Evgeny Markovich Shvidler
(1964-03-23) 23 March 1964
Ufa, USSR (now Russia)
Citizenship Russia, U.S.
Alma mater Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas
Fordham University
Net worth US $1.46 billion (April 2018)[1]
Spouse(s) Zara Shvidler
Children 5
Parent(s) Mark Iosifovich Shvidler

Evgeny Markovich Shvidler (Russian: Евгений Маркович Швидлер, born 23 March 1964), also Eugene Shvidler, is a Russian-American oil businessman. Although not often referred to as one of that country's prominent business oligarchs, as he became a United States citizen in 1994,[2] he nevertheless made his fortune in Russia during the privatization of Russian industry and maintains a close ongoing connection to fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich and his circle.

Biography

Shvidler was born in Ufa, Russia,[3] into the prominent Jewish family of Soviet geologist Mark Iosifovich Shvidler.[4][5] He received a degree in mathematics from the Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas and an MBA from Fordham University. Early in his career he worked for Deloitte & Touche in New York and became a U.S. citizen. He later returned to Russia, where he teamed up with Roman Abramovich to start the oil trading outfit Runicom S.A.[6] In 1995, the men partnered to gain control of oil giant Sibneft "in an auction that some experts," according to the Irish Independent, "suspect of having been rigged";[7] Shvidler joined Sibneft initially as senior Vice President and served as company president from 1998 until October 2005, when Russian state energy company Gazprom acquired Sibneft.[8] For most of his tenure, Sibneft was Russia's fastest growing oil company in terms of production, and its most profitable in terms of earnings per barrel.[9]

Eugene Shvidler is chairman of Millhouse LLC, the investment and asset management company he shares with Abramovich and their partners.[10]

Personal life

He is married to Zara Shvidler[11] and has five children.[1]

He owns the Château Thénac vineyard in France, a $37 million home in Belgravia in London, a $14.5 million home in Aspen, and the yacht Le Grand Bleu.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Eugene Shvidler April 2018
  2. ↑ Швидлер Евгений Маркович
  3. ↑ "Corrections by Eugene Shvidler". ICorrect. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Михаил КОЗЫРЕВ, Николай БОРИСОВ, "ГРУППА ТОВАРИЩЕЙ", Russian Forbes Русский Forbes, April 2007 (retrieved 24 December 2013)
  5. ↑ Jewish Telegraph Agency: "At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish" By Jacob Berkman 5 October 2009
  6. ↑ "Eugene Shvidler Net Worth - biography, quotes, wiki, assets, cars, homes and more". Bornrich.com. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Kennedy, Dominic. Chelsea owner admits billions in bribes", Irish Independent, 5 July 2008, accessed 27 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Stocks. "Stocks - Bloomberg". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. ↑ 2006-2017 ПАО «Газпром нефть». "ПАО «Газпром нефть» - официальный сайт компании". Gazprom-neft.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  11. ↑ The Guardian: "Eugene Shvidler, Russian billionaire, on his French vineyard" by Elizabeth Day 10 October 2009
  12. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (11 October 2009). "Eugene Shvidler - Russian billionaire". The Guardian. London.


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