Rank #2797
Michel Litvak
Net worth $1.4B
Seaport · Russia
- Born
- Aug 18, 1951
- Age
- 74
- Source
- Seaport
- Residence
- Dubai
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Michel Litvak derives his fortune from OTEKO, a Moscow-based investor with interests in port and industrial infrastructure in southern Russia.
- He started out trading consumer goods between Russia and China in 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- In 1992 he entered the oil railroad business and founded OTEKO, then a major railroad operator.
- In 2018 Litvak sold the railroad business, and has focused on expanding his port and infrastructure companies.
- Through his business Litvak owns two seaport terminals on the Black Sea coast: LPG Transshipment Complex and Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal.
- Born in Leningrad, Litvak's parents were Russian Jews. In the 1960s his family left the Soviet Union and immigrated to Belgium; he now holds dual citizenship in Russia and Belgium.
- Litvak has produced films, including Whiplash, Drive, Nightcrawler and Shot Caller.
- Litvak was granted Russian citizenship in 2019.