2024-07-22 16:09:38 +0300

Russian Oligarchs’ Top Banker Breaks Free After Making a Fortune Himself

Bloomberg

Alex Knaster served Mikhail Fridman for decades, getting so close to the Russian oligarch that a long-standing colleague described him as the billionaire’s “right arm” at one point.

It’s been a lucrative relationship for the former Credit Suisse First Boston banker, who’s amassed his own $1.3 billion fortune largely through his work with Fridman and the tycoon’s partners, Petr Aven, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev.

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