Dmitry Borisovich Zimin was a Russian radio scientist and businessman, who was the founder and honorary president of VimpelCom.
13 Facts About Dmitry Zimin
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Dmitry Zimin founded the Dynasty Foundation and the Zimin Foundation.
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Dmitry Zimin was already engaged in radio engineering when he was a student at Moscow secondary school number 59.
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In 1962, Zimin was invited to work in the Radio Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
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Dmitry Zimin obtained his PhD degree in 1963 and the post-doctoral degree in 1984.
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In March 1991, Dmitry Zimin founded a private commercial enterprise "KB Impulse".
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In 1991, Dmitry Zimin organized a group of technical experts within the Radio Technical Institute for a project to develop cellular telephone communications.
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Dmitry Zimin became successful and in 1996, it became the first Russian company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which required a degree of transparency uncommon for Russian companies at the time.
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In 2001, at the age of 68, Dmitry Zimin sold his controlling stake in VimpelCom and left the position of general director of the company.
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Dmitry Zimin was honored with the title of the Founder and Honorary President of the company.
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In 2019, BMT Private Equity, founded by Dmitry Zimin, bought the Russian carsharing company BelkaCar.
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Dmitry Zimin was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2013, the first Russian philanthropist to win the award.
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Dmitry Zimin died in Switzerland on 22 December 2021, at the age of 88.