Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Dmitrievitch Prokhorovis a Russian billionaire, politician, and owner of the American basketball team the Brooklyn Nets. After graduating from the Moscow Finance Institute, he worked in the financial sector and subsequently went on to become one of Russia's leading industrialists, owning major stakes in multinational corporations in the precious metals sector. While he was running Norilsk Nickel, the company became the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium. He is the former chairman of Polyus Gold, Russia's largest gold...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth3 May 1965
CountryRussian Federation
Mikhail Prokhorov quotes about
No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.
Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine.
If you know how rich you are, you are not a billionaire.