Andrey Yakunin (Андрей Владимирович Якунин) (born 1975) is a Russian businessman. He is the eldest son of
Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born 30 June 1948) is a Russian businessman and close Vladimir Putin confidant. He was president of Russian Railways from June 2005 to August 2015.
In March 2 ...
, the former head of
Russian Railways and a close
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
associate.
Early life and family
His mother is Natalya. Andrey has a brother,
Viktor Yakunin.
Andrey Yakunin lives in
Hampstead
Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...
, north London, where his son, Igor, attended the exclusive
Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is an English co-educational, fee-charging, independent day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate ...
and is now studying medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Education
Yakunin holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Credit from
St. Petersburg State University, an MA degree in Economics and Mathematics, and EMBA Global from
London Business School and
Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
[ Retrieved 25 May 2015.] He is an associate professor of economics at the St Petersburg State University.
Career
Yakunin runs VIY Management, a
private equity
In the field of finance, the term private equity (PE) refers to investment funds, usually limited partnerships (LP), which buy and restructure financially weak companies that produce goods and provide services. A private-equity fund is both a ty ...
and real estate investment company
[ Retrieved 25 May 2015.] which he founded in 2006 with British, Israeli-born, investor
Yair Ziv.
[ The company facilitates foreign investment in Russia and is pursuing a plan to build hotels in Russia.][
He has British citizenship and citizenship of the Russian Federation.
]
Arrest in Norway
Yakunin was arrested in Norway 17. October charged with illegally flying a drone in Norwegian airspace. All Russian citizens were forbidden to operate any kind of drone from 28 of February 2022 following Russia invasion of Ukraine.
References
External links
Navalny Says 'Patriot' Yakunin's Children Live in Foreign Luxury Homes
''The Moscow Times''.
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1975 births
Living people
Alumni of London Business School
Saint Petersburg State University alumni
Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University
Year of birth uncertain
Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom