Egor Lavrov
Egor Sergeyevich Lavrov (Template:Lang-ru; born June 4, 1981) is a Russian entrepreneur who made his fortune in Internet-related projects, political PR, and a number of businesses in the United States and Latin America.[1]
Early years
Lavrov was born in Moscow, Russia. He studied at private school called Kommersant, spent a year in London and later moved to Prague, Czech Republic.[2]
He finished school in Prague and came back to Moscow during a period of rising interest in the Internet in Russia. He later joined Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy[2] and started his own business at the same time.
Early political and business career
Larov's first business was the first Internet-related magazine in Russia called Planeta Internet.[2] It was later sold to Smolensky Bank who paid about 2 million dollars to Lavrov when he was just 16 years old.[2]
Lavrov's next step in business was the GFX Advertisement Company that later was acquired by the "Plaza Group" and transformed to "PLAZA Internet" that was a base for Internet projects of Egor Lavrov and Umar Dzhabrailov such as "obozrenie.ru" and "fuck.ru".[3]
When Lavrov was 19 he became a head of the election campaign of Umar Dzhabrailov who ran for the President of Russia.
Dzhabrailov came in last with 0.8 percent of the vote but became Chechnya's representative in the Federation Council of Russia.[4]
At the following presidential and legislative elections in Russia, Lavrov worked on a several Internet projects with Konstantin Rykov to support the Vladimir Putin candidacy.[2]
Current projects
Currently Lavrov lives in the Dominican Republic, while also operates businesses in Miami, Florida, United States; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Caracas, Venezuela; Madrid, Spain; Panama City, Panama; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pétionville, Haiti; and Lima, Peru.
Lavrov owns "Grupo Lavrov", a company that owns:
- "Friends Around": Geo-Aware Mobile Social Network - http://friendsaround.com/
- Zila Networks - http://zilanetworks.com/
- Karma World - http://www.karmaworldllc.com/
- "Pravda Group"[5]
- "Russian Standard Group" - a company that distributes Apple, Inc. in Latin American market.
- "LUX.SET" - construction company in the Dominican Republic.
- "LUX.CELL" - a company that distributes Vertu brand in the Latin American market.
- "ELFA" - financial advising company for the private investors in the Dominican Republic.
- "ELPA" - PR advising, political campaigns, Internet advertisement. So far a President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández enjoyed the support of the "ELPA" during the last presidential campaign in the country, as well as a current Member of Parliament Gerardo Bogaert.
- Tattoolizator.com - A project inviting people to design and select a tattoo to be placed on Egor Lavrov's hand.[6]
References
- ^ Gessen, Masha (5 October 2003). "Rich Russians are spending as if there's no tomorrow--which many say there won't be". usnews.com. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Egor Lavrov". 100thousandclub.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008. Cite error: The named reference "htc" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Кто купит скандальное доменное имя? (in Russian). clickz.ru. Archived from the original on January 18, 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mr Umar DZHABRAILOV". Council of Europe. 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Pravda Sushi Bar & Lounge-About" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Tattoolizator - FAQ". 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/decadent-dansen-in-een-strafkamp~a715588/
- http://www.xakep.ru/magazine/xs/039/006/1.asp
- http://www.anticompromat.org/rykov_k/ryk_malg.html
- http://www.dni.ru/news/showbiz/2003/12/9/31472.html
- http://www.Lavrov.com/