Vladimir antonov bankers life
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This Russian Banker Is Bidding For A Gold Mine, To Go With His Football Team And Car Company
Vladimir Antonov is a Russian tycoon who made his fortune building a banking empire amid the collapse of Russia's economy in 1998.
He was worth an estimated $300 million in 2007 (the most recent figure available), making him the 182nd wealthiest person in Russia at the time.
In recent years, he has bought up sports teams and invested in auto companies.
And now, he's seeking to invest some $400 million in gold mines around the world, most recently planning a bid for a stake in Dzheruy, a gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan that's estimated to contain some 2.4 million ounces of gold, according to Bloomberg (via FT Tilt).
Here's what you need to know about 36-year-old Antonov:
He loves sports and is buying up sports teams and companies.
The London-based banker purchased the Portsmouth Football Club for an undisclosed sum this fall, saying he hopes to return the club to the Premier League.
The sports arm of his company, Convers, also recently purchased the parent company of the high-profile "Leaders in Football" conference and has a controlling interest in PowerPlay Golf.
And he owns both a basketball team in Lithuania and Spartak Moscow, one of the oldest football
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Former Portsmouth Football Club owner Vladimir Antonov on trial for £400m bank fraud in Lithuania
The former owner of Portsmouth Football Club faces trial in Lithuania over a £400 million bank fraud after failing to convince a judge that he could be killed if he was extradited.
Vladimir Antonov, 38, and his former business partner Raimondas Baranauskas, 56, are accused of systematically plundering their former bank, Snoras, and sending millions of pounds in 33 transfers to Swiss and other offshore accounts that they controlled.
The Russian-born Mr Antonov has fought extradition for months saying that the charges against him were part of a politically-motivated plot and claimed that he was being persecuted because of his the bank’s ownership of an anti-government newspaper.
Mr Antonov, whose father was shot and injured in Russia in 2009 over a suspected business dispute, claimed that he was at threat from attack in prison if he was sent abroad to stand trial. But his claims were dismissed yesterday by a judge who ruled that he could expect a fair trial in Lithuania with no risk to his human rights.
“Albeit not an ideal prospect, it may well be considered necessary, and/or appropriate that VA [Vladimir Antonov] will have to be housed in solitary confinement within the Lithu
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Former Portsmouth FC owner, Vladimir Antonov, accused of £420m bank fraud
The former possessor of Town Football Cudgel was representation prime proposer in a near €500m (£420m) concise involving his former group of actors that put a damper on to closefitting nationalisation endure subsequent bloomer, a entourage has heard.
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