Interros
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
Key people | Vladimir Potanin, President Andrei Klishas, Vice President & Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Website | interros.ru |
Interros is a Russian conglomerate controlled by Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin with large stakes in mining, metals, energy, finance, retail, real estate and other sectors.[citation needed] The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
[edit]The company was founded in the early 1990s by Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, and the primary owner is Vladimir Potanin, with Mikhail Prokhorov having departed in 2007.[1] Prokhorov received $7.5 billion for his shares in Interros.[2] In December 2021, "Interros" redomiciled in Russia as "Interros Kapital" LLC, owned by Сyprian company "Whiteleave holdings limited", a part of "Interros", in special administrative district on Russkiy Island in Primorsky Krai.[3]
Activities
[edit]The company has main assets in the following areas:
- Nuclear fuel especially in Kazakhstan through the Ulba holding company,[4]
- Metallurgy and Mining (MMC Norilsk Nickel),
- Gold mining (Polyus Zoloto Company),
- Food and Agriculture (Agros Group),
- Mass media (Prof-Media Holding Company),
- Real estate and Tourism (Open Investments and Roza Khutor Companies),
- Rosbank.[5]
By the end of the year 2021 “Interros” will launch in Sakha the venture fund “Voskhod” (“Rise”) to promote high-tech startups in Far Eastern Federal District with 10 billion roubles investments upcoming in next 5 years.[6]
References
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- ^ "Interros history". Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Prokhorov, Potanin to split Interros assets" Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. St Petersburg Times.
- ^ "Компания Интеррос, владеющая акциями Норникеля, редомицилировалась в РФ" (in Russian). Интерфакс. 2021-12-10.
- ^ Жизнь и бизнес олигарха: Потанин Владимир Олегович (9)
- ^ "Societe Generale продаст российский бизнес Интерросу Потанина" (in Russian). Forbes (Россия). 2022-04-11.
- ^ "В Якутии до конца года начнёт работать венчурный фонд Интерроса" (in Russian). Интерфакс. 2021-11-09.