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Alexander Abramov

Net worth $5.8B

Steel, mining · Russia

Born
Feb 20, 1959
Age
67
Source
Steel, mining
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Ph.D, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Alexander Abramov was chairman of steel company Evraz, which is also his biggest holding, until March 2022. He resigned after his partner Roman Abramovich was hit by UK sanctions.
  • Abramov himself was hit with UK sanctions in November 2022. He has been under sanctions in New Zealand (where he has property) since 2009.
  • Abramov got his start as the head of a research lab before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • In 1992, he founded a precursor to Evraz Holding and made a fortune exporting metals and coal from the Urals and Siberia.
  • After the 1998 Russian financial crisis, he bought up hobbled steel companies on the cheap, including two U.S. firms, Claymont Steel and Oregon Steel.
  • In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Abramov the Decoration For Beneficence for his public work and charity activity.

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