Portrait of German Khan

Rank #313

German Khan

Net worth $10.6B

Oil, banking, telecom · Russia

Born
Oct 24, 1961
Age
64
Source
Oil, banking, telecom
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys

Net worth over time

Biography

  • German Khan, a native of Ukraine, cofounded Alfa Group and LetterOne (Luxembourg), with fellow billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Alexei Kuzmichev.
  • The college pals have been partners since 1989, when they started commodities trader Alfa-Eco.
  • He is a cofounder of Alfa Bank, the largest non-state owned bank in Russia, which was hit with U.S. sanctions in April.
  • Alfa Group's Tyumen Oil company merged with BP's Russian assets in 2003 to form TNK-BP.
  • After 10 years, the partners sold their 25% stake in TNK-BP for $14 billion.
  • Fridman, Aven, Khan and Kuzmichev were all sanctioned by the EU and U.K. in February and March 2022; Khan stepped down from LetterOne's board in March.
  • He moved back to Moscow from London in the Summer of 2022.
  • Khan, who is an Israeli citizen, wanted to immigrate to Israel in the late 1980s, but friend Mikhail Fridman convinced him to start a business with him in Moscow.
  • With Fridman, Khan filed defamation lawsuits in connection with allegations they worked with Kremlin to influence the 2016 presidential elections.

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