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(Russia), Chairman, Alfa Bank
Mr. Fridman is chairman of the Board of Directors and principal founder of the Alfa Group Consortium. He chairs the Board of Directors of two of the group’s companies — Alfa Bank, which is Russia’s largest privately-owned bank, and TNK-BP, formed by the joint venture between British Petroleum and Tyumen Oil Company. In 1988, he founded Alfa Eco, a trading company out of which Alfa Group Consortium developed. During the 1990s, he was an economic adviser to President Boris Yeltsin.
January 13, 2005
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