Rank #797
Ivan Tavrin
Net worth $5.4B
Private equity · Russia
- Born
- Nov 01, 1976
- Age
- 49
- Source
- Private equity
- Residence
- Moscow
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Master, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Net worth over time
Biography
- Ivan Tavrin is the founder of Kismet Capital Group, which has interests in technology and consumer companies in Russia.
- From 2012 to 2016 Tavrin was CEO of Megafon, a large Russian telecommunication operator owned by fellow billionaire Alisher Usmanov and his partners.
- He bought one of Russia's largest internet companies, Avito, from South African conglomerate Naspers for $2.4 billion in 2022, selling 50% to state-owned Rosselkhozbank (or Russian Agricultural Bank) in 2025.
- During his university years, Tavrin started an advertising agency selling TV ads and eventually invested in regional TV and radio stations which were later acquired by The Walt Disney Company.
- He was shareholder in Disney Channel Russia until 2023.
- Since the 2022 Ukraine-Russia war, Tavrin has been snapping up Russian assets of foreign companies, including those held by German consumer goods giant Henkel and U.S. payments company Fleetcor
Financial assets
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