Mikhail Khodorkovsky Biography
Former chairman and chief executive officer, Yukos Oil Corporation
Nationality: Russian.
Born: June 26, 1963, in Moscow, USSR.
Education: Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technologies, BA, 1986.
Family: Son of a construction worker and a production engineer; married twice; children: four.
Career: Menetep Bank, 1989–1993, president; Russian Ministry of Fuel and Energy, deputy minister, 1993–1994; Rosprom, 1994–1996, chief executive officer; Yukos Oil Corporation, 1996–2003, chairman and chief executive officer.
■ Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the world's 16th-wealthiest person in 2004, rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union to become the...
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