Vadim Yakunin is a Russian businessman and billionaire.
Career
After beginning in the
Hungarian tourism sector, Yakunin founded the Rigla pharmacy chain, and later the
Protek pharmaceuticals firm.
Net worth
As of August 2022, Yakunin is worth $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Personal life
Vadim Yakunin was born January 4, 1963 in
Rostov
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...
,
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by the Tver Oblast, Tver, Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Ivanovo Oblast, Ivanovo, Vladimir Oblast, Vlad ...
.
In 1986 he graduated from the
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; , also known as PhysTech), is a public university, public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares specialists in theoretical physics, theoretical and applied physics, ...
.
Yakunin is married and has three children. He resides in
Moscow
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and graduated from
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; , also known as PhysTech), is a public university, public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares specialists in theoretical physics, theoretical and applied physics, ...
.
References
Russian billionaires
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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