Gavril Yushvaev

Gavril Yushvaev
BornJuly 23, 1957
Makhachkala, Dagestan
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Businessman, investor

Gavril A. Yushvaev (Russian: Гаврил Юшваев; born July 23, 1957) is a Russian-born Israeli businessman and investor known for the foundation of Wimm Bill Dann and investing in Polyus Gold.

According to Forbes, Yushvaev's net worth as of 2023 is $1.9 billion.[1]

Biography

Gavril Yushvaev was born in Makhachkala, Dagestan.[2] He is certified by the Israeli Community of Porto as a descendant of Sephardic Jews.[1]

In 1980, Yushvaev was convicted of robbery and spent nine years in a Soviet prison camp, according to Wimm-Bill-Dann's prospectus for its 2002 IPO.[1] After his release in 1989, Yushavev partnered with David Yakobashvili. In 1993, they invested in the Lianozovo Dairy Plant, which later became Wimm Bill Dann.[2] In 2020, he applied for Portuguese citizenship but, as of 2023, the process is still pending.[3]

Business ventures

Yushvaev became wealthy in the 1990s as the co-founder of Trinity which owned various businesses in Moscow. Yushvaev then invested in Wimm-Bill-Dann, a dairy and juice company. The company was founded in 1995[4] and had its initial public offering in 2002.[1] Yushvaev was the company's largest shareholder until 2010, when he sold his 19.6% stake in the company to PepsiCo for $1.1 billion.

In 2013, Yushvaev, along with another Russian businessman, purchased a 38% stake in Polyus Gold from Mikhail Prokhorov for $3.6 billion.[5] He sold his stake in Polyus Gold in 2015[6][7] and made a $100 million investment in Lyft in 2015 along with joining a consortium that invested $150 million in Humacyte in 2015, a US based biotechnology company. He has also invested in Delivery Hero in 2013, a German delivery service company, and Domo in 2018, a software company.[1]

Yushvaev has a holding company in Cyprus.[8]

Personal life

Yushvaev is married and has eight children.[1][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f McEvoy, Jemima. "Why Israel Became A Safe Haven For Russian Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "Against interests of powerful owners: why attempted takeover of Inskoy Pit failed?". 22 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Gavril Yushvaev? "É sefardita de origem portuguesa"". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  4. ^ Marshall I. Goldman, The Piratization of Russia: Russian Reform Goes Awry (Routledge, 2003), p. 217.
  5. ^ Karlee Weinmann, Billionaire Pair Pays $3.6B For Tycoon's Polyus Gold Stake, Law360 (February 22, 2013).
  6. ^ "Polyus Gold стала почти семейным предприятием" (in Russian). kommersant.ru. November 4, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Диана Асонова (September 30, 2015). "Polyus Gold стала почти семейным предприятием" (in Russian). reuters.com. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  8. ^ Samuel, Juliet (2013-03-29). "City Diary: oligarchs cut storm damage". The Times. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  9. ^ "Гаврил Юшваев и семья". Forbes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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