| Name: | Vladimir Potanin |
| Net Worth: | $26 billion |
| Source of Wealth: | Interros / Norilsk Nickel |
| Born: | January 3, 1961 |
| Age: | |
| Country: | Russia |
| Wife: | Ekaterina Potanina |
| Children: | Anastasia, Ivan, Vasily, Barbara and Vladimir Jr. |
| Residence: | Moscow, Russia |
| Private Jet: | Gulfstream G650 (OE-LUC), Gulfstream G550 (OE-LPN), Gulfstream G550 (OE-IPE) |
| Yacht | Barbara |
Vladimir Potanin is a Russian businessman and oligarch. Potanin acquired his wealth notably through the loans-
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin was at a certain point the owner of three yachts Anastasia, Barbara and Nirvana. He sold Anastasia to Ralf Schmid. Schmid named her Wheels.
Potanin’s Interros owns 30% of Russian Nickel giant Norilsk Nickel. Potanin sold Russia’s largest media group ProfMedia in 2014.
Profmedia is the owner of magazines, radio stations, movie theaters. Profmedia also broadcasts Russian versions of MTV and VH1.
His net worth is estimated at $26 billion. That makes him the richest man in Russia.
Potanin personally financed the construction of the Rosa Hutor ski resort. Which was used for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Potanin is an active philanthropist through his VladimirPotanin Foundation.
Vladimir and his (ex)wife Natalia Potanina divorced in 2014. She filed a lawsuit in 2017 for a Moscow court. Claiming $7 billion. The case was reported as ‘the most expensive divorce’. A Moscow district court rejected her claim, arguing that the lawsuit’s limitation period had expired
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Potanin’s luxury yacht Anastasia was named after his daughter Anastasia. She is designed by Sam Sorgiovanni. Anastasia had her own website. And she was available for charter at a rate of approx USD 700.000 per week.
The yacht can accommodate 12 guests in 6 cabins. She has 20 crew in 10 cabins. She was delivered in 2008 by Oceanco. Anastasia was sold in 2018. She is now named Wheels.
Her new owner is German multi-millionaire Ralf Schmid. He sold his Uniwheels company in 2017. Uniwheels produces aluminum car wheels.
Including an earlier IPO and a few dividend payments, he received a total of EUR 465 million on the sale of his company. We estimate the total net worth of Ralf Schmid at US$ 500 million.
He purchased the yacht Wheels for approx US$ 70 million. He also owns a Cessna Citation 650 with registration VP-
Potanin actually owned three mega yachts. As he was also the owner of the Oceanco yacht Nirvana.
Again designed by Sam Sorgiovanni. Nirvana is slightly larger than Anastasia and was delivered in 2013. She can accommodate 12 guests and has a crew of 27.
Nirvana is powered by 2 MTU engines. She can reach a maximum speed of 20 knots. Her cruise speed is 14 knots.
http://www.forbes.com/profile/vladimirpotanin/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VladimirPotanin
http://english.fondpotanin.ru/
http://www.yachtanastasia.com/
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We believe Potanin owns houses in London, New York, Moscow and the South of France. But we have not been able to find an address (yet). Do you know more about a residence owned by Potanin? Please do send us a message.
Update: we received this message from a representative of mr. Potanin: “Please be aware that nor Mr. Vladimir Potanin nor his entities are holders of any residence abroad Russia.”
(Potanin’s ex-wife Natalia Potanina was offered real estate in Moscow, London, and New York )
He is the owner of the Oceanco yacht Nirvana. The US Government imposed sanctions on the yacht, due to Potanin’s connection to Vladimir Putin.
We were told he is building a larger yacht.
Potanin owns three private jets. A Gulfstream G650 (OE-
Update: we received this message from a representative of Mr. Potanin: “Nor Mr. Vladimir Potanin nor his companies are owners of any private jets.”
Yeah… ;-)
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