Len Blavatnik
$31.2B
Born
Jun 01, 1957
Age
68
Source of Wealth
Music, chemicals
Residence
London,
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Master of Science, Columbia University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Moscow State University
- Born in Ukraine, raised north of Moscow, Len Blavatnik immigrated to the U.S. in 1978 with his family; he studied computer science at Columbia University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
- He made an early fortune from Russian oil company TNK-BP, including billions in dividends paid by the joint venture and the sale of his stake in 2013 for $7 billion.
- After purchasing Warner Music in 2011 for $3.3 billion, he took the company public in June 2020 at quadruple the value.
- His investment firm Access Industries holds stakes in chemicals firm LyondellBasell, energy conglomerate Calpine and house flipping website Opendoor.
- Blavatnik says he has given or pledged over $1 billion to philanthropy, mostly to universities, including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard and Yale.
- He is a dual citizen of the U.S. and the U.K.
- Blavatnik bought artist Damien Hirst's giant gilded wooly mammoth skeleton entitled "Gone (but) Not Forgotten" for $15 million in 2014.
- Blavatnik has been a producer on several Broadway shows including "The Front Page" and "Sunset Boulevard."
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE | XYZ-US | Block Inc Class A | 0 | 73.40 | USD |
| NASDAQ | CHYM-US | Chime | 19,990,000 | 20.00 | USD |
| NASDAQ | CLYM-US | Climb Bio | 5,001,000 | 1.97 | USD |
| NASDAQ | DAWN-US | Day One Biopharmaceuticals | 13,756,000 | 6.88 | USD |
| EURONEXT PARIS | DEEZR-FR | Deezer | 44,753,000 | 1.37 | EUR |
| NYSE | DOCN-US | DigitalOcean | 22,368,000 | 35.87 | USD |
| NASDAQ | IRON-US | Disc Medicine | 3,762,000 | 67.04 | USD |
| US OTC | GMDAQ-US | Gamida Cell Ltd. | 9,744,857 | 0.02 | USD |
| NYSE | LYB-US | LyondellBasell | 65,285,000 | 48.42 | USD |
| NYSE | LYB-US | LyondellBasell | 8,122,000 | 48.42 | USD |
| NASDAQ | OPEN-US | Opendoor Technologies | 53,598,914 | 8.06 | USD |
| NASDAQ | SRZN-US | Surrozen | 654,000 | 13.66 | USD |
| NASDAQ | UPB-US | Upstream Bio | 5,494,000 | 18.63 | USD |
| NASDAQ | VYNE-US | Vyne Therapeutics | 1,408,400 | 0.34 | USD |
| NASDAQ | WMG-US | Warner Music Group | 374,517,000 | 34.24 | USD |
| HONG KONG | 2390-HK | Zhihu | 5,750,000 | 1.74 | HKD |
| NASDAQ | ZURA-US | Zura Bio | 7,139,000 | 4.04 | USD |