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Gennady Gazin
Gazin in 2018
Born (1965-01-28) 28 January 1965 (age 59)
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Alma mater
Occupations

Gennady Gazin (Russian: Геннадий Газин; born 28 January 1965) is a businessman and philanthropist of Ukrainian-Jewish descent.[1]

Education

Gazin has an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University.

Business

Gazin began his career working for Bell Communications Research (now Telcordia Technologies) and General Dynamics in the U.S. as a systems and telecommunications engineer. Gazin moved on to work in McKinsey and Company's New York and Moscow offices, specializing in technology and telecommunications and becoming the firm's senior partner responsible for the CIS region. Gazin was CEO of EastOne from 2007 to 2012 and was invited to speak at the 2011 World Economic Forum.[2] In 2014, he was appointed to the supervisory Board of Vimplecom (now VEON), having previously served as vice-chairman of the board at Studio Moderna.[3][4][5] He joined the advisory board of LetterOne Technology the following year.[6] Gazin is also an affiliate partner at Lindsay Goldberg, a New York-based private equity firm[7] and co-founder of Swiss Timber International, a Swiss trading company.

Philanthropy

Gennady Gazin is chairman of the Genesis Philanthropy Group, a foundation created to promote Jewish identity among Russian-speaking Jews worldwide[8][9] and is a member of the Taglit-Birthright Israel Planning Committee.[10] He actively supports Jewish life in Zhytomyr, the city in Western Ukraine where he was born, and is a founder of the Gazin Family Fund.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Gennady G. Gazin: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-05-07. [dead link]
  2. ^ Forum, World Economic (2011-06-08), Gennady Gazin - World Economic Forum on Europe 2011, retrieved 2019-05-10
  3. ^ Editorial, Reuters. "${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} People | Reuters.com". U.S. Retrieved 2019-05-01. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "Акционеры Veon избрали в совет трех новых директоров". ТАСС. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ Ведомости (6 October 2014). "В наблюдательный совет Vimpelcom Ltd. вошел глава EastOne Геннадий Газин". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ "LetterOne Technology appoint Jeremie Berrebi and Gennady Gazin to advisory board". Private Equity Wire. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  7. ^ "Lindsay Goldberg | Affiliate Partners". www.lindsaygoldbergllc.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  8. ^ "Genesis Philanthropy Group announces recipients of grant money - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  9. ^ "Genesis Philanthropy Group Grants Hillel $1m for Russian-speaking Jewish Students". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Haaretz.
  10. ^ Greer Fay Cashman (18 June 2017). "MORE HONORS FOR KAHN AND MOBILEYE'S AVIRAM". JPost. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Catalogue". www.medialuna.biz. Retrieved 2019-05-01.