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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

1963 - Today

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Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (Russian: Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil xədɐrˈkofskʲɪj]; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist, now residing in London. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion, and was ranked 16th on Forbes list of billionaires. He had worked his way up the Komsomol apparatus, during the Soviet years, and started several businesses during the period of glasnost and perestroika in the late 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Khodorkovsky has received more than 2,785,849 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the 97th most popular businessperson (down from 84th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Russia (down from 285th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 97 out of 847. Before him are Paul Reuter, Paul Allen, Gordon Moore, Eusebi Güell, Bertha Benz, and Nathan Mayer Rothschild. After him are Michele Ferrero, Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Louis Chevrolet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Christophe Plantin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 30. Before him are Tori Amos, Yair Lapid, James May, Randy Couture, Rumen Radev, and Brigitte Nielsen. After him are Emilio Butragueño, Lisa Kudrow, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ulf Kristersson, Dunga, and Emmanuelle Béart.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 334 out of 3,761. Before him are Michael Chekhov (1891), Yury of Moscow (1281), Michel Fokine (1880), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Simeon of Moscow (1316), and Svetlana Savitskaya (1948). After him are Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Vasily Blokhin (1895), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Lev Gumilyov (1912), and Tamara Karsavina (1885).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 4. Before him are Boris Berezovsky (1946), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), and Roman Abramovich (1966). After him are Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Mikhail Prokhorov (1965), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Pavel Durov (1984), and Vladimir Lisin (1956).

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