Viktor Vekselberg

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Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russia's third-largest oil and gas company. He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP. He is also a chairman of SUAL Holding, which controls Russia's second-largest aluminum business and is ranked ninth in the world. In February 2004, he purchased nine of the Fabergé eggs from the Forbes publishing family in New York City. He is of Jewish origin and presently one of the Russian oligarchs. Recently it has been rumored that Russian President Vladimir Putin may appoint Vekselberg as Governor of the Kamchatka Oblast, a practice already done with Oligarch Roman Abramovich (in this case to Chukotka). He is married and has two children, a daughter and a son.

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