Interros is a Russian conglomerate controlled by Russian oligarch
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in ...
with large stakes in
mining
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,
metals
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,
energy
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,
finance
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,
retail
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,
real estate
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and other
sectors. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
The company was founded in the early 1990s by
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in ...
and
Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov ( rus, Михаил Дмитриевич Прохоров, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈproxərəf; born 3 May 1965) is a Russian-Israeli oligarch, politician, and former owner of the Brooklyn Nets. I ...
, and the primary owner is
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in ...
, with
Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov ( rus, Михаил Дмитриевич Прохоров, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈproxərəf; born 3 May 1965) is a Russian-Israeli oligarch, politician, and former owner of the Brooklyn Nets. I ...
having departed in 2007. Prokhorov received $7.5 billion for his shares in Interros.
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.
Activities
The Company has main assets in the following areas:
*
Nuclear fuel
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especially in
Kazakhstan
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through the
Ulba holding company,
*
Metallurgy
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Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...
and
Mining
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(
MMC Norilsk Nickel
Norilsk Nickel (russian: ГМК «Норильский никель»), or Nornickel, is a Russian nickel and palladium mining and smelting company. Its largest operations are located in the Norilsk–Talnakh area near the Yenisei River in the no ...
),
*
Gold mining (
Polyus Zoloto Company),
*
Food
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and
Agriculture
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(Agros Group),
*
Mass media
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Broadcast media transmit information ...
(
Prof-Media Holding Company
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. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
The compan ...
),
*
Real estate
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and
Tourism
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(
Open Investments
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Music
* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
* The Open (band), English indie rock band
* ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969
* ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999
* ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001
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and
Roza Khutor Companies
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People
Last name
* Fernando Luiz Roza (b. 1985), Brazilian soccer player
*Lita Roza (1926–2008), British singer
First name
* Roza Anagnosti (born 1943) Albanian actress
*Roza Baglanova (1922–2011), Soviet/Kazakh ope ...
),
*
Rosbank.
By the end of the year 2021 “Interros” will launch in
Sakha
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
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.
References
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Conglomerate companies of Russia
Conglomerate companies established in 1990
1990 establishments in Russia
Companies based in Moscow
Vladimir Potanin
Mikhail Prokhorov