Simon Gregory Kukes (Russian: Семен Григорьевич Кукес; born 5 December 1946) is a Russian-born American chemist and retired oil industry businessman. He immigrated to the US to work in the oil industry in the late 1970s, and returned to Russia with Amoco in 1995. He became vice president at Yukos, president of TNK-BP from 1998 until 2003, and returned to head Yukos, replacing Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Officially retired he is still consulting in the oil businesses.
Holding various positions over the years, Kukes has served as the principal of his personal investment company, SK Energy, since April 2013. He is the CEO and Director of PEDEVCO Corp.[1]
His commitment to the oil and gas industry has inspired Dr. Simon Kukes to publish more than 60 scientific papers and two books on the oil and gas industry of Russia and the United States.[2] He is also the holder of more than 130 patents, primarily in Oil and Petrochemical Processing.[3]
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^"Oligarch? I wish". The Guardian. 13 November 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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