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Boris Berezovsky

1946 - 2013

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Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (Russian: Борис Абрамович Березовский, Hebrew: בוריס ברזובסקי; 23 January 1946 – 23 March 2013), also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He had the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. Berezovsky had an estimated net worth of $3 billion in 1997, having made it via the privatization in Russia of state property in the early 1990s, primarily the main television channel, Channel One. However, by the time of his death in 2013, he was impoverished and severely depressed after losing legal battles against his former friend, Roman Abramovich, forced sales of his assets, and a large divorce settlement with his former wife. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Berezovsky is the 64th most popular businessperson (down from 47th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 158th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Businessperson.

Boris Berezovsky is most famous for being a Russian oligarch who was one of the most influential businessmen in Russia. He was also a Russian politician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Boris Berezovsky ranks 64 out of 847. Before him are Larry Ellison, Donald Trump Jr., King C. Gillette, Bill Hewlett, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, and Rudolf Dassler. After him are Soichiro Honda, Giovanni Agnelli, Otto Frank, Robert Bosch, Dietrich Mateschitz, and J. Paul Getty.

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Among people born in 1946, Boris Berezovsky ranks 51. Before him are Paul Alexander, Timothy Dalton, David Suchet, Liza Minnelli, Arrigo Sacchi, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. After him are John Waters, Sally Field, Thongloun Sisoulith, André the Giant, Jang Song-thaek, and Bolo Yeung. Among people deceased in 2013, Boris Berezovsky ranks 26. Before him are Giulio Andreotti, Paul Walker, Douglas Engelbart, Djalma Santos, James Avery, and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt. After him are John Cornforth, Julie Harris, Tom Clancy, Jovanka Broz, Tony Lip, and Lou Reed.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Berezovsky ranks 173 out of 3,761. Before him are Felix Steiner (1896), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), El Lissitzky (1890), False Dmitry I (1581), and Eduard Limonov (1943). After him are Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), Wladimir Köppen (1846), Alexander Oparin (1894), Vasily Smyslov (1921), and Ilya Frank (1908).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Boris Berezovsky ranks 1. After him are Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Roman Abramovich (1966), Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963), Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Pavel Durov (1984), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Mikhail Prokhorov (1965), and Savva Mamontov (1841).

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