A Russian businessman and former KGB officer, Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is worth $1.1 billion dollars.
He is frequently referred to as a Russian oligarch or business magnate in the international press.
One of the wealthiest individuals in the Russian Federation in 2008 was him.
The Independent on Sunday, The Independent, and the London Evening Standard are among the English newspapers that he owns partially, and he is also a partner of the Novaya Gazeta, a Russian-language daily.
The birthplace of Alexander Lebedev was Moscow on December 16, 1959.
His parents belonged to the intelligent, aristocratic family in Moscow.
The father of Alexander Lebedev, Evgeny Nikolaevich Lebedev, was a professor at Baumanka University, a large technical school in Moscow.
Following the collapse of the USSR, Lebedev established the Russian Investment-Finance Company, his first finance company.
The National Reserve Bank of Russia, which was in trouble with bankruptcy when it was acquired, was later acquired by the company. Currently, it is one of the most affluent banks in Russia.
The deep Russian financial crisis of 1998 did not impact any other banks except for Alfa-Bank and National Reserve Bank.
He has acquired approximately 11% of the Russian national airline, a significant portion of the Russian aircraft-making industry, and holds shares in various financial institutions such as RAO UES, Gazprom, and Sberbank.
In addition to his business ventures, he has experimented with politics.
Until 2007, Lebedev was a member of Russia’s parliament and subsequently endeavored to establish a new social-democratic party with Mikhael Gorbachev.
Regrettably, the endeavor did not produce the desired outcome.
Lebedev contributes to the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, which has established a free children’s cancer hospital in St. Petersburg.
Petersburg.