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Vladimir Potanin

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Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Russian: Владимир Олегович Потанин; born 3 January 1961) is a Russian oligarch. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in the early to mid-1990s. As of May 7, 2025, Forbes ranked 81st richest in the world, with a net worth of $24.2 billion. His long-term business partner was Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov until they decided to split in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Potanin is the 12,766th most popular politician (down from 12,640th in 2019), the 1,341st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,420th in 2019) and the 350th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vladimir Potanin ranks 12,766 out of 19,576. Before him are Pyotr Masherov, Achaeus, Jack Sharkey, Ivan Dziuba, Nur-Adad, and Arturo Rawson. After him are Bernd Lucke, Milan Jelić, Elisabeth Kopp, Simon Vratsian, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, and Said Mohamed Djohar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Vladimir Potanin ranks 168. Before him are The Godfather, Uhuru Kenyatta, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, John Key, and Christopher Atkins. After him are Alexander Bard, Oh Se-hoon, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Vince Neil, Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, and Elias Koteas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Potanin ranks 1,341 out of 3,761. Before him are Tatyana Kazankina (1951), Pavel Chistyakov (1832), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Khariton Laptev (1700), Anton Delvig (1798), and Alexander Gelfond (1906). After him are Simon Vratsian (1882), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Daniil Granin (1919), Nikolay Beketov (1827), Albert Shesternyov (1941), and Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vladimir Potanin ranks 350. Before him are Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693), Ivan Shuvalov (1727), Nur Devlet (null), Ivan Smirnov (1881), Teuvo Aura (1912), and Alexander Protopopov (1866). After him are Simon Vratsian (1882), Karl Vaino (1923), Andrey Lukanov (1938), Boris Eikhenbaum (1886), Artaxias III (-13), and Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1786).

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