He was considered one of the
weal thi est
&
most influ ential man
in the post-Soviet Russia
You could call him an oligarch, or a genius. He ruled a finance/ construction empire worth millions, was involved in presidential campaigns, and headed Russia’s largest exchange bank, all under the age of 25.
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Alex has numerous media appearances and was featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Profit Magazine, USA Today and other acclaimed publications. These days he lives in the United States and heads several corporations including KMGi Group, a global innovator in interactive production solutions. KMGi clients include Google, Facebook, Master Card, Ebay, CNN, and Intel. Their cloud-based platform, TransparentBusiness, is utilized in 98 countries across the globe. Alex began his journey in the US 25 years ago, with 15 months spent in federal prison. A victim of political intrigues, Alex went through six federal and immigration court hearings where he was representing himself as no lawyer was willing to take his case. He won the case and was granted political asylum and compensation in the amount of $160,000! This is just a small fraction of Alex’s story which resembles a TV Show where each new episode gets more exciting.
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At the age of 20, back in Russia, he founded a construction company that employed over 600 people. Five years later he was running Russian Exchange Bank, a financial institution that carried out roughly half of Russia’s foreign currency transactions. He was also directly involved in President Boris Yeltsin’s political campaign while his finance and construction empire was worth $300,000,000. Until the day he was held hostage by the KGB and was lucky to be left alive.
by Olga Garicichina