Ukrainian-born British-American billionaire businessperson and philanthropist (born 1957)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valentinovich and the family name is Blavatnik.
Sir
Leonard Blavatnik
Blavatnik in 2018
Born
(1957-06-14) June 14, 1957 (age 66)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Odesa, Ukraine)
Citizenship
United Kingdom
United States[1]
Education
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
Columbia University (MS)
Harvard University (MBA)
Occupations
Founder of Access Industries
Philanthropist
Spouse
Emily Appelson
Children
5
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik[a] (born June 14, 1957) is a Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. As of January 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $31.3 billion.[2][3] In 2017, Blavatnik received a knighthood for services to philanthropy.[4]
Blavatnik made his initial fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the privatization of state-owned aluminum and oil assets.[5] He owns most of Warner Music Group and has stakes in several publicly traded assets via his privately held Access Industries Holdings.[6]
^"#22 Len Blavatnik". forbes.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^"Len Blavatnik". Forbes. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
^"'Most Clever Oligarch' Severed His $37 Billion Fortune From Russian Roots". Bloomberg.com. June 3, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
^"Queen's birthday honours: Ukrainian-born museum donor Leonard Blavatnik is made a knight". June 20, 2017.
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^Reporting, Bloomberg (April 2, 2022). "Len Blavatnik". Bloomberg. USA. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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capital from a range of investors such as Draper Fisher Jurvetson and LenBlavatnik. In July 2013, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Tango chat app...
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Russian-American businessman and associate of Vekselberg, German Khan, LenBlavatnik, Mikhail Fridman, and Vyacheslav Pavlovsky [ru] with ties to Russian...
of the £260m cost of the extension. Sir Nicholas Serota commented, "LenBlavatnik's enthusiastic support ensured the successful realisation of the project...
beginning a career in real estate development in 2000. He partnered with LenBlavatnik, Philippe Starck and Foster + Partners to redevelop abandoned docklands...
agreed to be acquired by Access Industries, owned by the billionaire LenBlavatnik, for $5.88 billion in cash. Huntsman shareholders would receive $25...
privately owned by Access Industries, the investment group founded by Sir LenBlavatnik. DAZN has 20 million paid subscribers globally. As of 2022, DAZN has...
Executive producers included Mark Gooder, Vicki Christianson, Ann Ruark, LenBlavatnik. Filming began in March 2010 in San Diego, Brownsville, Texas, and Veracruz...
Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Ambassador Theatre Group, LenBlavatnik, Peter May, Seth A. Goldstein, Heni Koenigsberg, Stephanie P. McClelland...
the dinner organised by Peter Shalson and sponsored by HSBC included LenBlavatnik, Mike Sherwood, Charles Dunstone, Sir Martin Sorrell, Richard Desmond...
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