Alexei Motlokhov () (born 1981/82) is a London-based Russian hedge fund manager, and the son-in-law of

Russian oligarch Russian oligarchs () are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The failing Soviet state left the ownership ...

Andrey Guryev Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev (; born 24 March 1960) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the former head of PhosAgro, one of the world's four largest producers of phosphate-based fertilizers. As of March 2022, his net worth is estimated at ...

Early life

Alexei Motlokhov is the son of Vladimir Motlokhov, who works for the Russian fertilizer giant,

PhosAgro PhosAgro is a Russian chemical holding company producing fertilizer, phosphates and feed phosphates. The company is based in Moscow, Russia, and its subsidiaries include Apatit, a company based in the Murmansk Oblast, Murmansk Region and engaged ...

(controlled by

), and was vice-governor of the Murmansk region from 2000 to 2008, where PhosAgro mines its phosphate. Motlokhov received a PhD in economics in 2006.

Career

Motlokhov runs the hedge fund Kola Capital with Mike Hollings and Ken Ginsburg, and they operate the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...

-domiciled Kola Global Opportunities Fund, amongst others.

Personal life

Motlokhov is married to Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, the daughter of Russian billionaire

. They have twin sons and live next door to Guryev, who owns

Witanhurst Witanhurst is a large Listed building#England and Wales, Grade II* listed 1930s Georgian Revival mansion on in Highgate, North London. It has had several prominent owners since being rebuilt by the soap magnate and politician Sir Arthur Crosfie ...

Highgate Highgate is a suburban area of N postcode area, north London in the London Borough of Camden, London Boroughs of Camden, London Borough of Islington, Islington and London Borough of Haringey, Haringey. The area is at the north-eastern corner ...

, London's second largest house after

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace () is a royal official residence, residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and r ...

. Motlokhov owns several properties in the U.K. Several local residents wrote to Camden Council about a 57-metre long adventure playground that they were planning to build in their back garden, complaining that "The plans are on a commercial scale and it looks like this will be more like a theme park than a playground."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Motlokhov, Alexei 1980s births Living people Russian hedge fund managers Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom Year of birth missing (living people)