Eugene Shvidler

Shvidler was born in Ufa, Russia,[4] into the prominent Jewish family of Soviet geologist Mark Iosifovich Shvidler.[5][6] 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.[7] 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";[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Shvidler is chairman of Millhouse LLC, the investment and asset management company he shares with Abramovich and their partners.[11]

He is married to Zara Shvidler and they have five children.[12][1]

He owns the Château Thénac vineyard in France, a $37 million home in Belgravia in London, a $14.5 million home in Snowmass Village, Colorado, and the yacht Le Grand Bleu.[13]