Vadim Yakunin is a Russian businessman and billionaire.

Career

After beginning in the

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tourism sector, Yakunin founded the Rigla pharmacy chain, and later the

Protek pharmaceuticals Protek (russian: Протек) is a Russian company that includes drug manufacturing, retail, and distribution. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies of Russia. It was founded in 1990 by Vadim Yakunin and Grigor Khachaturov. See also ...

firm.

Net worth

As of August 2022, Yakunin is worth $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.

Personal life

Yakunin is married and has three children. He resides in

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and graduated from

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public university, public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. I ...

References

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