Leonid Borisovich Rozhetskin was a financier and lawyer who went missing under suspicious circumstances after disappearing from his village in Jurmala, Latvia.
10 Facts About Leonid Rozhetskin
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Leonid Rozhetskin was born in 1966 to a Jewish family in Leningrad, Soviet Union; he and his mother Elvira emigrated to the United States in 1980, where he became a US citizen.
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Leonid Rozhetskin was a "brilliant student", winning scholarships to Columbia University, where he graduated with distinction.
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In 1995, Leonid Rozhetskin's focus shifted from the law to financial ventures.
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Leonid Rozhetskin was part of a group that founded Renaissance Capital, Russia's first investment bank, in partnership with Boris Jordan, an American of Russian origin, and New Zealander Stephen Jennings.
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In 1998, Leonid Rozhetskin left Renaissance Capital to co-found the independent venture capital firm LV Finance.
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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 metals.
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Leonid Rozhetskin founded a production company called L + E Productions with Eric Eisner, son of former Disney executive Michael Eisner.
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Leonid Rozhetskin married model Natalya Belova, who gave birth to their son in 2005.
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In 2012, a body found in a forest near Tukums was that of Leonid Rozhetskin, according to preliminary DNA tests.