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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 oligarch, politician, and former owner of the Brooklyn Nets. In April 2022, Prokhorov reportedly obtained Israeli citizenship. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Prokhorov has received more than 1,937,516 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Mikhail Prokhorov is the 347th most popular businessperson (down from 312th in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,118th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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  • 50.95

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  • 42

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  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 347 out of 601Before him are Stefan Persson, Alfred Edwards, Albert Ballin, Jorge Mendes, David Sarnoff, and Viktor Vekselberg. After him are Jakob Nielsen, Johanna Quandt, Franklin Clarence Mars, Edwin Drake, Henry Cole, and Pavel Durov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 110Before him are Kim Bodnia, Muggsy Bogues, Sunita Williams, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, Chris Penn, and Quique Sánchez Flores. After him are Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, E-Type, Bryan Singer, Yang Liwei, Tommy Flanagan, and Ryan Murphy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 1,164 out of 3,262Before him are Vasily Mishin (1917), Lyudmila Zykina (1929), Ivan Pyryev (1901), George Zweig (1937), Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910), and Pyotr Nesterov (1887). After him are Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Nikolay Beketov (1827), Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (1933), Evgeni Plushenko (1982), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), and Semyon Lavochkin (1900).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov ranks 11Before him are Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Oleg Deripaska (1968), and Vladimir Lisin (1956). After him are Pavel Durov (1984), Alexey Miller (1962), Savva Mamontov (1841), Suleyman Kerimov (1966), Dmitry Rybolovlev (1966), and Lila Tretikov (1978).

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