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Mikhail Prokhorov

1965 - Today

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Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov (Russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Прохоров, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈproxərəf]; born 3 May 1965) is a Russian-Israeli businessman, politician, and former owner of the Brooklyn Nets. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Prokhorov obtained Russian state-owned metals assets at prices far below market value in Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatization program. His company, Norilsk Nickel, became the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Prokhorov has received more than 1,987,593 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Prokhorov is the 377th most popular businessperson (down from 347th in 2019), the 1,278th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,161st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 377 out of 847. Before him are Cyrus West Field, Christophe de Margerie, Tanaka Hisashige, Naguib Sawiris, Susanne Klatten, and Franklin Clarence Mars. After him are Johann Carolus, Andrew Tate, Reed Hastings, Jakob Nielsen, Gaston Gallimard, and Dieter Zetsche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 121. Before him are Ingo Schwichtenberg, Karin Kneissl, Aaron Kwok, Željko Petrović, Jon Cryer, and Steve Kerr. After him are Shinji Mikami, Rachida Dati, Kevin McCarthy, Peter Krause, Rob Pilatus, and Dennis Lehane.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 1,278 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrey Makarevich (1953), Grigory Romanov (1923), Yuri Bezmenov (1939), Andrey Piontkovsky (1940), Vladislav Surkov (1964), and Andreï Makine (1957). After him are Nikolai Valuev (1973), Irina Skobtseva (1927), Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834), Elena Belova (1947), Yuri Artsutanov (1929), and Yuri Lyubimov (1917).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 9. Before him are Roman Abramovich (1966), Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963), Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), and Oleg Deripaska (1968). After him are Sergei Shchukin (1854), Pavel Durov (1984), Vladimir Lisin (1956), Savva Mamontov (1841), Lila Tretikov (1978), and Vladimir Gusinsky (1952).

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