- Leonid Rozhetskin
Leonid Rozhetskin was born August 4, 1966, in
Leningrad , nowSt. Petersburg ,Russia . Rozhetskin is an international financier andlawyer credited with bringing significant financial and legal advances to modernRussia .On March 16, 2008 Rozhetskin disappeared from his house in
Jūrmala ,Latvia . [http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/criminal/article.php?id=20539604] The Mail on Sunday reported his disappearance [http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=542412&in_page_id=1770&ct=5] .According to Russian press, he is currently living in California and cooperates with the U.S. Justice under the Federal Witness Protection Program [http://top.rbc.ru/incidents/23/09/2008/247611.shtml]Early Life and Education
Leonid Rozhetskin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1966, but the Rozhetskin family immigrated to the
United States in 1980. Rozhetskin attended high school inNew York City .In 1987, Leonid Rozhetskin received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from
Columbia University with distinction. In 1990, Leonid Rozhetskin graduatedcum laude fromHarvard Law School .Legal career
From 1990 to 1991, Leonid was a law clerk for Judge Stephen V. Wilson, a federal judge in Los Angeles, California. From 1991 to 1994, he worked as an attorney at
Sullivan & Cromwell andWhite & Case , both U.S. law firms. In 1992, Leonid Rozhetskin returned to Russia to open his own law firm, representing clients such as theInternational Finance Corporation (a division of theWorld Bank ),Credit Suisse ,Morgan Grenfell andThe Moscow Times .Career in Investments, Mining and Media
In 1995, Leonid Rozhetskin's focus shifted from the law to financial ventures. Rozhetskin was part of a group that founded
Renaissance Capital , one of Russia's most successful domestic investment banksFact|date=February 2008 in partnership with Boris Jordan and Stephen Jennings.In 1998, Leonid Rozhetskin left Renaissance Capital to co-found the independent venture capital firm LV Finance. In 2003, Leonid Rozhetskin sold his interest in LV Finance.
From October 2001 until January 2005, Leonid Rozhetskin served as Executive Vice Chairman of
Norilsk Nickel , Russia's largest mining company and the world's largest miner of nickel and palladium metalsFact|date=February 2008.This Russian-American financier is also a board member and founding shareholder of
City A.M. , London's first free daily business newspaper.Movie Production
In 2007, Leonid Rozhetskin financed a film with
movie production company L+E Productions.Personal life
Leonid Rozhetskin has one son, Maxmillian.
Awards
Leonid Rozhetskin was awarded for the 1989-90 academic year, a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from
Harvard University for his special contribution to teaching the undergraduates ofHarvard University andRadcliffe College .External links
* [http://www.leprods.com L+E Productions]
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