Vyacheslav Leedo (; born 1952) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n entrepreneur. He was born in

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a populated places in Estonia, town on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Municipality and the seat of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded popul ...

. In 1991, he bought three cargo ships. Since 1995, he is the key figure of ship transportation related to

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and

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. He is the owner of Saaremaa Shipping Company. In 2000s, Leedo had a long-lasting court trial against the

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news portal, because the portal was responsible of publishing defamatory comments about Leedo activities. In 2005, his assets were estimated at 110 million kroons (7 million euros), in 2006 at 180.26 million kroons and in 2007 at 461 million kroons (29.5 million euros). In 2015, Leedo ultimately won the court trial.

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Living people 1952 births Estonian businesspeople People from Kuressaare {{Estonia-bio-stub