Alexey M. Reznikovich

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Alexey M. Reznikovich
BornApril 1968 (age 5354)
Moscow, USSR
CitizenshipBritish, Ukrainian and Maltese
Alma mater Moscow State University
Georgetown University/INSEAD
OccupationBusinessman

Alexey Mikhaylovitch Reznikovich (born April 1968) is a UK-based businessman and investor, managing partner of the venture capital firm Chesterfield, former chairman of Veon, and active in the private equity sector. [1]

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Early life

Reznikovich was born in April 1968. [2] He lived in Kiev, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia. After a two-year military service in Ukraine, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Moscow State University, and an MBA from Georgetown University and INSEAD. [1] [3]

Career

In his early career, Reznikovich worked for Procter & Gamble in Italy, and Transworld in the US. [3] [4] From 1993 to 2000, Reznikovich worked at McKinsey & Company, in Milan, Paris, New York and Moscow, becoming a partner in 1998. [3] [5] In 2000, he co-founded an Internet cafe business Cafemax. [3] [1] [6] Later, he was involved in merchant banking activities in the consumer goods, retail and telecom sectors.

Reznikovich was a director of PJSC VimpelCom from 2002 to 2010, and a member of the supervisory board of Veon (formerly VimpelCom Ltd) from 2010 to 2017, and the chairman from 2012 to 2017. [1]

Reznikovich was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Altimo LLC from 2005 to 2014, and managing partner of LetterOne Technology, a private equity firm, from 2014 to 2017. [1] [5]

In 2016, he founded a venture capital firm, Chesterfield, investing in telecom industry projects and high-tech companies worldwide. [7]

Philanthropy and other activities

In 2016, Reznikovich established a charitable foundation CASE supporting initiatives in culture, arts, sports, education.[ citation needed ]


In 2017, he produced a feature film Cold Tango by an Oscar-nominated director Pavel Chukhray. [8] [9]

Reznikovich has been a professional fencer earning the title of the fencing champion of Ukraine.[ citation needed ] From 1986 to 1988, Alexey Reznikovich served in the Ukrainian Military Forces.

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