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{{Short description|Russian businessperson}}
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| caption = Nesis in 2010
| birth_name = Александр Натанович Несис
| birth_name = Александр Натанович Несис
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|December 19, 1962}}
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|December 19, 1962}}
| birth_place = [[Leningrad]], [[USSR]]
| birth_place = [[Leningrad]], [[USSR]]
| nationality = Russian
| nationality = Russian
| citizenship = {{Unbulleted list|[[Russia]]|[[Israel]]|[[Malta]]}}
| alma_mater = [[Leningrad Institute of Technology]]
| alma_mater = [[Leningrad Institute of Technology]]
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| occupation = Owner of '''ICT Group'''<br>Co–Owner of '''[[Uralkali]]'''
| occupation = Founder and Сo-Owner of '''ICT Group'''
| networth = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]1.9 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (November 2018)''
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'''Alexander Nesis''' (born December 19, 1962, [[Leningrad]], [[USSR]]) is the founder, president and CEO of the [[ICT Group (Russia)|ICT Group]], a private equity firm headquartered in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], which invests mainly in the [[finance]], [[precious metals]] and [[engineering]] sectors.
'''Alexander Nesis''' (born December 19, 1962) is a Europe-based entrepreneur and the largest stakeholder of a private equity firm ICT Holding Ltd. (Cyprus). He was the founder and the president of the [[ICT Group (Russia)|ICT Group]], a private equity entity based and operated in [[Russia]] from 1991 until 2013.

==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in Leningrad in 1962, Nesis studied [[radiochemistry]] at the prestigious Lensovet [[Leningrad Institute of Technology]]. After graduation he worked as master supervisor at the [[Baltic Shipyard|Baltic Shipbuilding Yard]] (the largest and one of the oldest in Russia, est. 1856), which produced a variety of ships including nuclear icebreakers and submarines.<ref name="Job">{{cite web|url=http://www.orielresources.com/nonexecutive_209.asp |title=Alexander Nesis |publisher=Oriel Resources Ltd |accessdate=2012-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402170618/http://www.orielresources.com/nonexecutive_209.asp |archivedate=2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref name="Baltic">{{cite web|url=http://www.bz.ru/en/about.html|title=Baltiysky Zavod|publisher=Baltiysky Zavod Joint Stock Company|accessdate=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510181548/http://www.bz.ru/en/about.html|archive-date=2012-05-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the early 1990s, Nesis left the shipyard to set out as an entrepreneur, opting to work for himself rather than for the state.<ref name="Forbes Russians">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=SN3U&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628234559/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=SN3U&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2011|title= Russia's 100 Richest 2004|work=Forbes|year= 2004|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>
Born in Leningrad in 1962, Nesis studied [[radiochemistry]] at the Lensovet [[Leningrad Institute of Technology]]. After graduation he worked as master supervisor at the [[Baltic Shipyard|Baltic Shipbuilding Yard]] (the largest and one of the oldest in Russia, est. 1856), which produced a variety of ships including nuclear icebreakers and submarines.<ref name="Job">{{cite web|url=http://www.orielresources.com/nonexecutive_209.asp |title=Alexander Nesis |publisher=Oriel Resources Ltd |accessdate=2012-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402170618/http://www.orielresources.com/nonexecutive_209.asp |archivedate=2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref name="Baltic">{{cite web|url=http://www.bz.ru/en/about.html|title=Baltiysky Zavod|publisher=Baltiysky Zavod Joint Stock Company|accessdate=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510181548/http://www.bz.ru/en/about.html|archive-date=2012-05-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the early 1990s, Nesis left the shipyard to set out as an entrepreneur, opting to work for himself rather than for the state.<ref name="Forbes Russians">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=SN3U&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628234559/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=SN3U&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2011|title= Russia's 100 Richest 2004|work=Forbes|year= 2004|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>


Together with a small group of business partners, he first concentrated on the production of materials derived from uranium deposits located in the deserts of [[Uzbekistan]].<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/8612140/Billionaire-Alexander-Nesis-reveals-why-Polymetal-is-listing-in-London.html|title=Billionaire Alexander Nesis reveals why Polymetal is listing in London|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date= 2011-07-03|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> In 1991, the same group of entrepreneurs embarked upon a new venture to invest in the shipbuilding and metals industries.<ref name="Forbes 2010">{{cite news|title= Forbes - The World's Billionaires|url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Alexander-Nesis_SN3U.html|work= [[Forbes]]|date= 2010-03-03|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> In 1993, their company became known as the ICT Group. In the same year, having made his fortune, Nesis returned to the Baltic Shipbuilding Yards as its controlling shareholder and Head of Board of Directors.
Together with a small group of business partners, he first concentrated on the production of materials derived from uranium deposits located in the deserts of [[Uzbekistan]].<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/8612140/Billionaire-Alexander-Nesis-reveals-why-Polymetal-is-listing-in-London.html|title=Billionaire Alexander Nesis reveals why Polymetal is listing in London|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date= 2011-07-03|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> In 1991, the same group of entrepreneurs embarked upon a new venture to invest in the shipbuilding and metals industries.<ref name="Forbes 2010">{{cite news|title= Forbes - The World's Billionaires|url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Alexander-Nesis_SN3U.html|work= [[Forbes]]|date= 2010-03-03|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> In 1993, their company became known as the ICT Group. In the same year, Nesis returned to the Baltic Shipbuilding Yards as its controlling shareholder and Head of Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oleg Shulykov's Interview |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2005/08/29/intervyu-oleg-shulyakovskij-byvshij-gendirektor-baltijskogo-zavoda |work=Vedomosti |date=29 Aug 2005}}</ref>


Chairman of the board of directors at OAO Baltiysky Zavod between 1993 and 1998 and 2002-2005.
Chairman of the board of directors at OAO Baltiysky Zavod between 1993 and 1998 and 2002-2005.<ref>https://www.dp.ru/a/1997/10/27/Baltijskij_zavod_uplivaet | DP.RU | 27 Oct 1997</ref>


Acted as general director and a member of the board of directors at Polymetal, 1998–2003.
Acted as general director and a member of the board of directors at Polymetal, 1998–2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Petersburg investors go to the East |url=https://www.dp.ru/a/2000/10/23/Peterburgskie_investori_i |agency=DP.RU |date=23 Oct 2000}}</ref>

Nesis is also an Israeli and Maltese citizen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shareholder Structure Update |url=https://www.polymetalinternational.com/en/investors-and-media/news/press-releases/09-03-2022-b/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.polymetalinternational.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McEvoy |first=Jemima |title=Why Israel Became A Safe Haven For Russian Billionaires |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/04/28/why-israel-became-a-safe-haven-for-russian-billionaires/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


==ICT Group==
==ICT Group==
{{main|ICT Group (Russia)}}
{{main|ICT Group (Russia)}}
The ICT ('Investments, Construction, Technologies') Group, founded by Nesis in the early 1990s, is now one of the largest privately owned investment and industrial companies in [[Russia]]. It is headquartered in [[Moscow]] and has a large office in [[St. Petersburg]]. It invests in, develops and manages assets in wide range of industries, including the banking and financial industry, metals and [[mining]], precious metal production, heavy engineering, [[logistics]], [[construction]] and development.<ref name="The Telegraph"/>
The ICT ("Investments, Construction, Technologies") Group, founded by Nesis in the early 1990s, for years used to be one of the largest privately owned investment and industrial companies in [[Russia]]. It was headquartered in Moscow and in [[St. Petersburg]]. It invested in, developed and managed assets in wide range of industries, including the banking and financial industry, metals and [[mining]], precious metal production, heavy engineering, [[logistics]], construction and development.<ref name="The Telegraph"/>

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The portfolio of assets under the Group's management included such recognized leaders in their respective industries as NOMOS-BANK, Khanty-Mansi Bank, Polymetal and United Wagon Company. From 2010 till 2013 the Group also held large equity stakes in the potash producer Uralkali and Baltic Leasing.<ref name="RBC Daily">{{cite web|url=http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2011/04/20/industry/562949980108028|title=RBC Daily|publisher=RBC Website|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> The group's assets were located primarily in Russia, but it also had interests in Kazakhstan and developing markets.<ref name="The Telegraph"/>

In 2013 ICT Group (Russia) ceased its operations. Following the restructuring of assets a new private equity firm ICT Holding Ltd (Cyprus) was founded. The company focuses on equity and venture investments in international public companies from the following industries: energy, metals and mining, autos and transportation, medtech. Nesis is its largest stakeholder.<ref>{{cite web |title=ICT Holding Ltd. Shareholders |url=http://www.ict-holding.com.cy/shareholders/}}</ref>

== Business Approach ==
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Nesis and the ICT preferred business strategy was to set up a project and grow it until it can be run independently. ICT has been described as a kind of incubator, which holds on to investments while they are in the design or technical research stage before spinning them out separately when they have reached a critical mass.<ref name="The Telegraph"/> In terms of engineering, he places a strong emphasis on the design stage: "If you make a mistake at the design stage, that's very difficult to repair. If you make a mistake at the construction page, it's easier to repair [...] it's very important to find the right technology solution."<ref name="Metal Bulletin">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2868075/The-unassuming-billionaire-MB-meets-Polymetal-founder-Alexander-Nesis.html|title=The unassuming billionaire: MB meets Polymetal founder Alexander Nesis|publisher=Metal Bulletin|date= 2011-07-20|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>


== Wealth ==
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At present, the portfolio of assets under the Group's management includes such recognized leaders in their respective industries as NOMOS-BANK, Khanty-Mansi Bank, Polymetal and Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant. The Group also holds large equity stakes in the potash producer Uralkali and Baltic Leasing.<ref name="RBC Daily">{{cite web|url=http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2011/04/20/industry/562949980108028|title=RBC Daily|publisher=RBC Website|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> The group's assets are located primarily in Russia, but it also has interests in Kazakhstan. According to ICT's website, the total value of its assets under management stands at $8 billion.<ref name="The Telegraph"/>
In the Forbes global ranking of "Billionaires of the World" in 2010 Nesis took 721st place, in 2012 — 367th place, in 2013 — 412th place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-22 |title=#721 Alexander Nesis - Forbes.com |website=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Alexander-Nesis_SN3U.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322122908/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Alexander-Nesis_SN3U.html |archive-date=2017-03-22 }}</ref>


In 2020 he took the 50th place in the list of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia (according to Forbes).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Александр Несис |url=https://www.forbes.ru/profile/aleksandr-nesis |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
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Nesis and the ICT Group's preferred business strategy is to set up a project and grow it until it can be run independently. ICT has been described as a kind of incubator, which holds on to investments while they are in the design or technical research stage before spinning them out separately when they have reached a critical mass.<ref name="The Telegraph"/> In terms of engineering, he places a strong emphasis on the design stage: "If you make a mistake at the design stage, that's very difficult to repair. If you make a mistake at the construction page, it's easier to repair [...] it's very important to find the right technology solution."<ref name="Metal Bulletin">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2868075/The-unassuming-billionaire-MB-meets-Polymetal-founder-Alexander-Nesis.html|title=The unassuming billionaire: MB meets Polymetal founder Alexander Nesis|publisher=Metal Bulletin|date= 2011-07-20|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>


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As of August 2022, ''[[Forbes Magazine|Forbes]]'' put Nesis's personal wealth at approximately $1.9 billion, putting him at No.50 in its list of billionaires in Russia.<ref name="Forbes 2012">
== Personal life ==
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{{cite news |date=2022 |title=Forbes - Alexander Nesis Profile |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/alexander-nesis/?sh=41d609644ac5 |accessdate=30 August 2022}}</ref><!-- He owns ''[[Romea (yacht)|Romea]]'', one of [[List of motor yachts by length|the world's largest yachts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tognini |first=Giacomo |title=Biden And Allies Are Coming For Russian Billionaires' Yachts: Forbes Tracked Down 36. Here's Where To Find Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/03/01/biden-and-allies-are-coming-for-russian-billionaires-yachts-forbes-tracked-down-32-heres-where-to-find-them/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
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As of March 2012, ''[[Forbes Magazine|Forbes]]'' put Nesis's personal wealth at approximately $3.1 billion, putting him at No.367 in its list of billionaires and making him No.31 in Russia.<ref name="Forbes 2012">
{{cite news
|title= Forbes - Alexander Nesis Profile
|url= https://www.forbes.com/profile/alexander-nesis
|work= [[Forbes]]
|date= March 2012
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|accessdate= 8 May 2012}}</ref> He owns a yacht.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tognini |first=Giacomo |title=Biden And Allies Are Coming For Russian Billionaires’ Yachts: Forbes Tracked Down 36. Here’s Where To Find Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/03/01/biden-and-allies-are-coming-for-russian-billionaires-yachts-forbes-tracked-down-32-heres-where-to-find-them/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


Nesis purchased a Maltese passport in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Italy |first=Lorenzo Bagnoli, Investigative Reporting Project |title=The Dubai-ification of Malta |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/goldforvisas/the-dubai-ification-of-malta |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Passport dealers of Europe: navigating the Golden Visa market - News |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/navigating-european-golden-visas |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Transparency.org |language=en}}</ref>
Nesis purchased a Maltese passport in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Italy |first=Lorenzo Bagnoli, Investigative Reporting Project |title=The Dubai-ification of Malta |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/goldforvisas/the-dubai-ification-of-malta |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Passport dealers of Europe: navigating the Golden Visa market - News |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/navigating-european-golden-visas |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Transparency.org |language=en}}</ref>-->


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:32, 23 September 2024

Alexander Nesis
Nesis in 2010
Born
Александр Натанович Несис

December 19, 1962 (1962-12-19) (age 62)
Leningrad, USSR
NationalityRussian
Citizenship
Alma materLeningrad Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Founder and Сo-Owner of ICT Group

Alexander Nesis (born December 19, 1962) is a Europe-based entrepreneur and the largest stakeholder of a private equity firm ICT Holding Ltd. (Cyprus). He was the founder and the president of the ICT Group, a private equity entity based and operated in Russia from 1991 until 2013.

Biography

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Born in Leningrad in 1962, Nesis studied radiochemistry at the Lensovet Leningrad Institute of Technology. After graduation he worked as master supervisor at the Baltic Shipbuilding Yard (the largest and one of the oldest in Russia, est. 1856), which produced a variety of ships including nuclear icebreakers and submarines.[1][2] In the early 1990s, Nesis left the shipyard to set out as an entrepreneur, opting to work for himself rather than for the state.[3]

Together with a small group of business partners, he first concentrated on the production of materials derived from uranium deposits located in the deserts of Uzbekistan.[4] In 1991, the same group of entrepreneurs embarked upon a new venture to invest in the shipbuilding and metals industries.[5] In 1993, their company became known as the ICT Group. In the same year, Nesis returned to the Baltic Shipbuilding Yards as its controlling shareholder and Head of Board of Directors.[6]

Chairman of the board of directors at OAO Baltiysky Zavod between 1993 and 1998 and 2002-2005.[7]

Acted as general director and a member of the board of directors at Polymetal, 1998–2003.[8]

Nesis is also an Israeli and Maltese citizen.[9][10]

ICT Group

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Main article: ICT Group (Russia)

The ICT ("Investments, Construction, Technologies") Group, founded by Nesis in the early 1990s, for years used to be one of the largest privately owned investment and industrial companies in Russia. It was headquartered in Moscow and in St. Petersburg. It invested in, developed and managed assets in wide range of industries, including the banking and financial industry, metals and mining, precious metal production, heavy engineering, logistics, construction and development.[4]

The portfolio of assets under the Group's management included such recognized leaders in their respective industries as NOMOS-BANK, Khanty-Mansi Bank, Polymetal and United Wagon Company. From 2010 till 2013 the Group also held large equity stakes in the potash producer Uralkali and Baltic Leasing.[11] The group's assets were located primarily in Russia, but it also had interests in Kazakhstan and developing markets.[4]

In 2013 ICT Group (Russia) ceased its operations. Following the restructuring of assets a new private equity firm ICT Holding Ltd (Cyprus) was founded. The company focuses on equity and venture investments in international public companies from the following industries: energy, metals and mining, autos and transportation, medtech. Nesis is its largest stakeholder.[12]

Business Approach

[edit]

Nesis and the ICT preferred business strategy was to set up a project and grow it until it can be run independently. ICT has been described as a kind of incubator, which holds on to investments while they are in the design or technical research stage before spinning them out separately when they have reached a critical mass.[4] In terms of engineering, he places a strong emphasis on the design stage: "If you make a mistake at the design stage, that's very difficult to repair. If you make a mistake at the construction page, it's easier to repair [...] it's very important to find the right technology solution."[13]

Wealth

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In the Forbes global ranking of "Billionaires of the World" in 2010 Nesis took 721st place, in 2012 — 367th place, in 2013 — 412th place.[14]

In 2020 he took the 50th place in the list of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia (according to Forbes).[15]

As of August 2022, Forbes put Nesis's personal wealth at approximately $1.9 billion, putting him at No.50 in its list of billionaires in Russia.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Alexander Nesis". Oriel Resources Ltd. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ^ "Baltiysky Zavod". Baltiysky Zavod Joint Stock Company. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  3. ^ "Russia's 100 Richest 2004". Forbes. 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  4. ^ a b c d "Billionaire Alexander Nesis reveals why Polymetal is listing in London". The Daily Telegraph. 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  5. ^ "Forbes - The World's Billionaires". Forbes. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  6. ^ "Oleg Shulykov's Interview". Vedomosti. 29 Aug 2005.
  7. ^ https://www.dp.ru/a/1997/10/27/Baltijskij_zavod_uplivaet | DP.RU | 27 Oct 1997
  8. ^ "Petersburg investors go to the East". DP.RU. 23 Oct 2000.
  9. ^ "Shareholder Structure Update". www.polymetalinternational.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  10. ^ McEvoy, Jemima. "Why Israel Became A Safe Haven For Russian Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  11. ^ "RBC Daily". RBC Website. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  12. ^ "ICT Holding Ltd. Shareholders".
  13. ^ "The unassuming billionaire: MB meets Polymetal founder Alexander Nesis". Metal Bulletin. 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  14. ^ "#721 Alexander Nesis - Forbes.com". Forbes. 2017-03-22. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  15. ^ "Александр Несис". Forbes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  16. ^ "Forbes - Alexander Nesis Profile". Forbes. 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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