Vladislav Doronin (; born 7 November 1962) is an international
real estate developer
Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others. R ...
and
art collector
A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...
. He is the owner and chairman of
Aman Resorts
Aman Resorts is the trading entity of Aman Group Sarl, a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company. Founded by Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha in 1988, the company operates 34 properties in 20 countries. Vladislav Doronin is the ch ...
, chairman and CEO of
OKO Group
The OKO Group is an international real estate development firm created by businessman, Vladislav Doronin. The company develops real estate projects in Miami and New York.
History
Doronin founded the Miami-based OKO Group in 2015. The word “oko ...
and is a co-founder of Moscow-based
Capital Group
Capital Group is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world's oldest and largest investment management organizations, with over $2.6 trillion in assets under management. Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1931, it is p ...
.
Early life and education
Vladislav Doronin was born on November 7, 1962 in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia) in a
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
family of Yuri Grigoryevich Doronin (b. Sep 15, 1937) and Zinaida Mikhailovna Doronina (b. Oct 2, 1935). He graduated from the
Moscow Lomonosov State University.
Business career
Marc Rich + Co
In 1985, he relocated to Geneva and then to
Zug
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, where he worked under
Marc Rich
Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodity, commodities Trader (finance), trader, hedge fund manager, financier, businessman, and financial criminal. He founded the commodities company ...
. In his twenties, Doronin also worked in Hong Kong trading commodities in the late 80s and early 90s.
Capital Group
In 1993, Doronin co-founded Capital Group,
which entered the Moscow commercial real estate market with class A offices and retail projects, and later expanded with other premium residential developments. Doronin's equal partners in Capital Group from the early 90-ies were Pavel Tio and Eduard Berman. Capital Group has built up its portfolio to include 71 high-end residential and commercial projects with a total of 7 million square meters of space.
In 2009 Doronin’s Capital Group built the
City of Capitals
The City of Capitals ( rus, Город Столиц, r=Gorod Stolits) is a mixed-use complex composed of two skyscrapers and an office building located on plot 9 in the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia with a total area of ...
mixed-use (office and residential) complex in
Moscow City, which consisted of two highrise towers and until 2011 was the highest building in Russia. The complex was designed by
Erick van Egeraat
Erick van Egeraat (; born 1956) is a Dutch architect and author. He heads the architectural practice based in Rotterdam with offices in Moscow, Budapest and Prague. He is best known for his projects of ING Group Headquarters in Budapest, Drents Mu ...
.
In 2011 Capital Group built the award-winning Legend of Tsvetnoy residential, office and retail complex in Moscow. The complex was designed by
NBBJ
NBBJ is an American global architecture, planning and design firm with offices in Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C..
NBBJ provides services in arch ...
.
In 2013 Doronin’s Capital Group formed a joint venture with
Gavriil Yushvaev, a Russian entrepreneur, for the construction of
OKO
OKO ( rus, ОКО, r=, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya ( rus, Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, r=, literally means Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex o ...
— a mixed-use (commercial and residential) highrise development in the
Moscow International Business Center
The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow-City, is an under-construction commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third ...
. In 2016 55,000 sq.m. of office space in the OKO development was sold to the
Government of Moscow
The Government of Moscow (russian: Правительство Москвы) is the highest executive body of state authority of Moscow. The Government of Moscow is headed by the highest official of the city of Moscow, i.e. the Mayor of Moscow.
T ...
.
In his February 2016 interview to the
Forbes magazine
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Doronin explained that Capital Group is jointly managed by the three partners who take strategic decisions together. The operational responsibilities are divided with Doronin responsible for asset sales and acquisitions, attracting investors, development of architectural concepts and marketing, Pavel Tio in charge of relations with the Moscow construction complex, new project and legal work and Berman focusing on fit-out and construction work in Capital Group projects.
Aman Resorts
Doronin led a group of investors to buy out luxury hospitality company
Aman Resorts
Aman Resorts is the trading entity of Aman Group Sarl, a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company. Founded by Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha in 1988, the company operates 34 properties in 20 countries. Vladislav Doronin is the ch ...
in 2014. In doing so, Doronin became involved in an ownership dispute with
Omar Amanat
Omar Sharif Amanat is an American entrepreneur, film producer, and investor in media, technology and hospitality companies. He was convicted in December 2017 of conspiracy in a scheme involving KIT Digital. and sentenced to 5 years after "a st ...
and Aman's founder,
Adrian Zecha
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the mai ...
. Amanat had partnered with both Zecha and Doronin to buy Aman, and had been expected to contribute $10 million for a jointly-funded deposit. In early January, Doronin received a financial statement showing the money was from Zecha instead. The partnership then fell apart: in April, Zecha announced his resignation as CEO and chairman ahead of a scheduled end-of-July departure, and Doronin took over as CEO. A week later, Zecha was locked out of his office and was also removed from his Aman-owned home, after which he and Amanat claimed ownership of the company. By July, the dispute had escalated into legal matters, with a
London High Court
The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (England ...
temporarily reinstating Zecha, and Doronin suing Amanat in
New York City
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and alleging fraud.
Doronin partnered with
Michael Shvo
Michael Shvo (born December 29, 1972) is a real estate developer based in New York City with offices in Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. He is the Chairman and CEO of SHVO, a real estate development company he founded in 2004.
...
in 2015 to buy floors 4 through 24 of the New York
Crown Building
The Crown Buildings ( cy, Adeiladau y Goron), which are also known as the Cathays Park Buildings, are the Welsh Government's main offices in Cardiff, Wales. The buildings were formerly used by the Welsh Office and are situated in Cathays Park ...
in New York for about $500 million as an Aman development project. Following the purchase he redeveloped the building to include 83 hotel rooms and 22 apartments within the tower, Infrastructural facilities, a three-story 2,000 square metre spa, a jazz club, a cigar bar and restaurants.
In March 2016, the High Court in London confirmed a settlement reached between Doronin and the
liquidators of an Amanat-founded company, recognizing Doronin's full acquisition of Aman Resorts. Amanat was later convicted in 2017 by the federal court of wire fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to five years in prison.
In early 2021, Doronin announced the opening of the Aman groups Crown Building hotel and condo complex, Aman New York, which opened to the public in August 2022. It was reported that a nightly cost of a base-level suite starts at $3,200 or a $200,000 admission fee. The building is reported to have 22 permanent residences.
In January 2022, Doronin announced Aman’s latest contract with Italy’s T.Mariotti shipyard to build a luxury yacht and cruise ship, Aman named the plans “project Sama”. The project is a joint venture between Aman and Cruise Saudi and plans to see 600 feet long and 23,000-ton luxury yacht to be created to host around 100 guests.
In August 2022, Doronin announced that the Aman Group has released a collection of leather goods as part of the Aman Essentials line, this line included passport cases, bags and wallets. The collection ranges from $250 to $4,000. CEO of Aman Essentials Kristina Romanova worked on the designs of the collection.
OKO Group
Doronin's real estate development company
OKO Group
The OKO Group is an international real estate development firm created by businessman, Vladislav Doronin. The company develops real estate projects in Miami and New York.
History
Doronin founded the Miami-based OKO Group in 2015. The word “oko ...
announced in March 2016 a luxury residential development of a 649-foot, 57-story tower, Missoni Baia, in collaboration with Italian fashion house
Missoni
Missoni is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Varese, and known for its colorful knitwear designs. The company was founded by Ottavio ("Tai") and Rosita Missoni in 1953.
History Early beginnings
The business was founded in 1953, when O ...
.
In 2020, with Doronin as chairman and CEO, OKO Group had partnered with
Cain International
Cain International (formerly Cain Hoy Enterprises) is a privately held real estate investment firm headquartered in London. As of 2022, the company had over $14 billion in assets under management. History
Early history and founding
Cain Inte ...
and began construction on a 57-story office tower at 830 Brickell,
Miami
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, the first office skyscraper built there in over a decade.
A second partnership between OKO Group and Cain International in Miami took place with the development of a 47-story residential tower called Una on the Brickell Waterfront.
Under Doronin, in March 2022 OKO bought nearly one acre of land on
Aspen Mountain’s underdeveloped west side for 76 million dollars from Norway Island LLC, a business entity comprising Jim DeFrancia, Bryan Peterson and Jeff Gorsuch, a former U.S. ski team downhill racer, a proprietor of a small chain of high-end retail ski shops, and cousin of
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch
Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since ...
.
The deal generated much controversy in Aspen because eight months earlier, Gorsuch and his partners bought the plot from the
Aspen Skiing Company
The Aspen Skiing Company, known locally as Ski Co, is a commercial enterprise based in Aspen, Colorado. The Aspen Skiing Company operates the Aspen/Snowmass resort complex, comprising four ski areas: Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, an ...
for 10 million dollars. According to Doronin, he has a long-term plan, which involves building a luxury hotel property on the site.
In 2022 OKO Group and Cain International bought bought the Edgewater House and The Ambassador Palm Beach Hotel & Residences in Palm Beach for $147 million. Doronin and Cain acquired a $105 Million loan from MSD Partners, known as Michael Dell’s investment firm. The Purchase of the property highlights the latest partnership between Doronin’s OKO group and Cain since their joint venture in developing 830 Brickell in 2020.
In 2022, Doronin announced the OKO group had secured a $97 million construction loan for a new development project in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The property, a 34-story tower is set to have 251 units and 2,600 square feet. OKO Group announced the project is to be design by architect Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, who have previously worked on projects such as the Central Park Tower in Manhattan and the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia.
Janu
In March 2020, with Doronin as CEO Aman launched the sister brand of Aman, Janu. Janu is aimed to be the inverse of Aman’s locations, with an energetic atmosphere. Doronin announced in March 2020 that the Janu brand will launch three hotels that are under construction in
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Saudi Arabia
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and
Tokyo
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. The first scheduled launch is aimed to be the Tokyo location in 2023.
Other ventures
Doronin owned the publishing rights in Germany and Russia to ''
Interview
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'' magazine, the style magazine founded by
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...
.
Legal issues
In March 2019 Nader Tavakoli, an investment banker, filed a lawsuit against Doronin related to the $250 million acquisition of
Aman Resorts
Aman Resorts is the trading entity of Aman Group Sarl, a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company. Founded by Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha in 1988, the company operates 34 properties in 20 countries. Vladislav Doronin is the ch ...
. Tavakoli claimed that he brokered the acquisition and was promised a carried interest, but was intentionally cut out of the venture by Doronin and his business partner Carl Johan Eliasch. After Doronin’s motion to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction was defeated, the case was quickly resolved out of court.
In October 2021 the High Court of Justice of the
Balearic Islands
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had dismissed the appeal from Doronin against the 2019 ruling, which ordered him to demolish the works carried out illegally in 2014 at his
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
in a forested area on protected rustic land in
Ibiza
Ibiza (natively and officially in ca, Eivissa, ) is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. Its l ...
. The illegal construction was located in Platges de Comte by the
Nature Protection Service of Spain's Civil Guard in 2014 but the case dragged on for several years. The High Court's ruling ordered Doronin to pay a fine of 1 million euros to
Sant Josep City Council and triggered another legal case evaluating the seriousness of the urban infraction committed by Doronin. It was decided that illegal works are to be demolished by Doronin and, if he fails to do so, by the Sant Josep Town Hall.
In March 2022 Doronin sued
Korangy Publishing, the publisher of
The Real Deal magazine, for $20 million, claiming that a February 27, 2022 article published on the website, falsely stated that Doronin and
Aman Resorts
Aman Resorts is the trading entity of Aman Group Sarl, a Swiss-headquartered multinational hospitality company. Founded by Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha in 1988, the company operates 34 properties in 20 countries. Vladislav Doronin is the ch ...
support the
Putin regime and the
invasion of Ukraine
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and that Doronin is a Russian citizen and that such statements, repeated in articles on March 1 and 2, 2022, demonstrated a ‘targeted campaign of
harassment
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’ against Doronin. Korangy Publishing responded by retroactively redacting the content of its online articles about Doronin and in July 2022, Doronin discontinued his lawsuit.
In April 2022 Doronin filed a defamation lawsuit
Swift Communications, a holding company, which owns
The Aspen Times
''The Aspen Times'' is an 11,500-circulation, 7-day-a-week newspaper in the ski resort town of Aspen, Colorado, United States, with a history dating back to 1881.
History
The Aspen Weekly Times' first issue was published April 23, 1881 when Asp ...
after the newspaper published opinion pieces and a letter to the editor, which implied that Doronin was using his Aspen investment to launder tainted money from Russia. Doronin asked for punitive damages to be imposed on Swift Communications, claiming that ‘The Aspen Times’ ‘...has chosen to … sensationalize a false narrative that targets Mr. Doronin simply because he was born in what is today Russia…’.
According to Doronin’s court filings, he earned his wealth legitimately and could not be considered a Russian oligarch, because ‘...oligarchs are not merely wealthy individuals of Russian origin; they are individuals who have amassed their wealth through the exploitation of Russian natural resources, corrupt direction of Russian state-owned enterprises, and close political affiliation with Vladimir Putin.” This description, the suit argued, does not fit Doronin. During the pendency of the suit, coverage of Doronin was suspended by the publisher. Tension over the matter resulted in firing of the editor, Andrew Travers. The legal action was settled by confidential agreement and dismissed on May 27, 2022.
In March 2022 the Moscow Arbitration Court ordered OOO Ballini, a real estate management firm founded by Doronin, into bankruptcy procedures.
Art collection
Doronin collects not only artworks by avant-garde artists (
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...
and
El Lissitzky
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий, ; – 30 December 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Эль Лиси́цкий; yi, על ליסיצקי), was a Russian artist ...
), but also by
contemporary artists
This is a list of artists who create contemporary art, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of postmodernism) and the present day. Artists on this list meet the following criteria:
*The person ...
such as
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...
,
Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK ...
,
Ed Ruscha
Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (, ''roo-SHAY''; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography and film. He is also noted for creating severa ...
,
Richard Prince
Richard Prince (born 1949) is an American painter and photographer. In the mid-1970s, Prince made drawings and painterly collages that he has since disowned. His image, ''Untitled (Cowboy)'', a rephotographing of a photograph by Sam Abell and ...
, Urs Fisher,
Frank Stella
Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City.
Biography
Frank Stella was born in M ...
,
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his "plate paintings" — with broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings. Since the 1990s, he has been ...
. In 2009 he started the Capital Group Art Foundation, a foundation to support artists.
Doronin has close ties among the art community: artists, gallerists and dealers. He has become friends with some of them. Doronin’s friends includes
Tony Shafrazi
Tony Shafrazi (born May 8, 1943), is an American art dealer, gallery owner, and artist. He is the owner of the ''Shafrazi Art Gallery'' in New York City who deals artwork by artists such as Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, and David LaChapelle.
Early ...
, a New York gallery owner and dealer, who taught him about contemporary art and the late actor and photographer
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in ''Giant'' (1956). In the next ten years ...
.
Personal life
Doronin was in a relationship with English supermodel
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She began her career at the age of 15, and established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades. Cam ...
from 2008 until 2013.
He has been in a relationship with
Kristina Romanova
Kristina Romanova (russian: Кристина Романова; born 11 June 1994) is a Russian fashion model. She is the CEO of Aman Essentials.
Career
Romanova debuted in BCBG in 2010, and walked for Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander ...
since 2015.
Doronin has a home in
Miami, Florida
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, and owns an apartment in
One Hyde Park
One Hyde Park is a major residential and retail complex located in Knightsbridge, London. The development includes three retail units (Rolex, McLaren Automotive and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank) and 86 residential properties marketed with prices starti ...
.
Born in the Soviet Union, he renounced his Soviet citizenship in 1986. He has since become a
Swedish citizen.
He is also a resident of Switzerland.
In a 2016 interview with ''Forbes'', Doronin said that he frequently travels to Moscow where he owns a business and to visit friends.
In 2018 Doronin finished building
Capital Hill Residence Capital Hill Residence is a villa located on the north-face hillside of Barvikha, a town west of Moscow. History
It was designed by Iraqi / British architect Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects for property developer Vladislav ...
, his private residence in
Barvikha
Barvikha (russian: Барви́ха) is a village in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is the site of the Barvikha Sanatorium, the health resort of the President of Russia. During the Soviet era, Barvikha was known as the site of ...
, a prestigious neighborhood outside of Moscow. The property, designed by
Zaha Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...
, has 3,300 sq.m. of space and includes a swimming pool, spa and a library and was estimated to have a market value of $140m.
The land lot and the property itself are registered in the name of Doronin’s mother, Zinaida.
Doronin is a friend of
Leonardo DiCaprio. In November 2010 Doronin and his then partner
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She began her career at the age of 15, and established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades. Cam ...
were among the organizers of Help the Tiger charity event, which took place at the
Mikhailovsky Theatre
The Mikhailovsky Theatre (russian: Миха́йловский теа́тр) is one of Russia's oldest opera and ballet houses. It was founded in 1833 and is situated in a historical building on 1, Arts Square in Saint Petersburg. It is named ...
in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and which was attended by DiCaprio and
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 ...
.
For many years Doronin has been regularly practicing
Qigong
''Qigong'' (), ''qi gong'', ''chi kung'', ''chi 'ung'', or ''chi gung'' () is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation
used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. With roots in ...
, including breathing techniques and fighting methods, and has demonstrated his abilities by demolishing slabs of marble with his head and breaking metal-tipped wooden spears against his throat. According to Doronin, the practice of Qigong is not only limited to martial aspects but allows to heal people from various diseases, including cancer.
Awards and recognition
For his contributions to the Russian Orthodox Church Doronin has been decorated by
Patriarch Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus, the primate of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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In 2010 Doronin won "Businessman of the Year" award in Russia. The award ceremony took place on February 25, 2010 in the
Moscow Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (R ...
.
In August 2016, Doronin was included in
Surface Magazine’s Power 100 list of prominent individuals, including 15 in real estate and hospitality.
According to Building.ru, Doronin is one of the top ten most professional developers in Russia. His OKO Tower in central Moscow is 1,160 feet high, making it Europe’s tallest completed skyscraper. Doronin was acknowledged as the head of the list of “Top 1000 Russian Managers Rating 2011,” in the category of Development. Doronin was named one of the “Kings of Russian Real Estate” by Forbes in 2014.
In 2015, the
New York Post
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It was established ...
recognized Doronin on their list of "The 20 biggest power players in New York City real estate." In June 2022, he was recognized as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality by the International Hospitality Institute's Global 100.
References
External links
Vladislav Doronin's Personal Website
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Russian billionaires
1962 births
Living people
Russian chief executives
Russian businesspeople in real estate
Real estate and property developers
Businesspeople from Saint Petersburg
Real estate company founders
Chief executive officers in the real estate industry
Russian businesspeople in the United Kingdom
Moscow State University alumni
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine