Alexei Motlokhov (russian: Алексей Мотлохов) (born 1981/82) is a London-based Russian hedge fund manager, and the son-in-law of

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Andrey Guryev Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev (russian: Андрей Григорьевич Гурьев; born 24 March 1960) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the former head of PhosAgro, one of the world's four largest producers of phosphate-based fe ...

Early life

Alexei Motlokhov is the son of Vladimir Motlokhov, who works for the Russian fertilizer giant, PhosAgro (controlled by

), and was vice-governor of the Murmansk region from 2000 to 2008, where PhosAgro mines its phosphate. Motlokhov received a PhD in economics in 2006.

Career

Motlokhov runs the hedge fund Kola Capital with Mike Hollings and Ken Ginsburg, and they operate the

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-domiciled Kola Global Opportunities Fund, amongst others.

Personal life

Motlokhov is married to Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, the daughter of Russian billionaire

. They have twin sons and live next door to Guryev, who owns

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, London's second largest house after

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. Motlokhov owns several properties in the U.K. Several local residents wrote to Camden Council about a 57-metre long adventure playground that they were planning to build in their back garden, complaining that "The plans are on a commercial scale and it looks like this will be more like a theme park than a playground."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Motlokhov, Alexei 1980s births Living people Russian hedge fund managers Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom