Viktor Vekselberg

Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg was born in 1957 in the town of Drogobych, Western Ukraine. In 1979 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering. Since 1990 Viktor Vekselberg has been the chairman of Renova, the leading Russian asset management company.
In 1996 Viktor set up OAO Siberian and Urals Aluminum Company (SUAL) and performed as the president of the company up to 2003, when he became the chairman of the board of directors of SUAL Group.
In 1998-2002 Viktor Vekselberg was known as the deputy of the chairman of the board in Tyumen Oil (TNK), later he formed a joint venture with British Petroleum. Today he is a member of the board of directors of TNK-BP.