Vladimir Potanin

{ "bio": [ "Vladimir Potanin acquired a stake in Norilsk Nickel during Russia's privatization in 1995; today he owns just over a third of the company.", "Potanin served as deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin and maintains ties with President Vladimir Putin.", "Potanin spent $2.5 billion developing Rosa Khutor, a ski resort, snowboard park and freestyle skiing center for the 2014 Olympics; he still has a stake in it.", "In the spring of 2022, he bought Rosbank from Societe Generale, which stopped business in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and 35% of Tinkoff Bank from its founder Oleg Tinkov.", "Potanin and his Rosbank were sanctioned by U.S. in December 2022.", "Potanin and his ex-wife continue to battle over assets in UK Court in what could be one of the biggest divorce settlements in history." ], "about": [ "Potanin split from early partner Mikhail Prokhorov, after the latter's highly publicized arrest on suspicion of trafficking prostitutes. (He wasn't charged.)", "Following Russia's attack on Ukraine, he stepped down from the board of the Guggenheim Museum foundation, on which he served for two decades." ] }