19 Facts About Stan Polovets

Stan Polovets was born on June 8,1963 and is an American businessman and philanthropist.

Stan Polovets is known for his work in the international energy sector and for his innovative philanthropic initiatives.

Stan Polovets held a number of executive and board posts and was instrumental in its subsequent divestment in a record $55 billion transaction.

Stan Polovets is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the President's Global Council at New York University, and the board of overseers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Stan Polovets's family immigrated to the United States in 1976, and he became a naturalized US citizen in 1983.

Stan Polovets received a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Northridge, and attended Stanford University, graduating with an MBA and MA in 1989.

In 2001, Stan Polovets joined Tyumen Oil Company, an emerging Russian oil producer, as vice president of mergers and acquisitions.

Stan Polovets established as a result of this merger eventually became one of the world's ten largest non-state oil producers, comparable in size with such companies as Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Statoil.

Between 2003 and 2006 Stan Polovets held a number of senior executive posts in the TNK-BP Group, including senior vice president and chief of staff to TNK-BP's president Bob Dudley, later the CEO of BP.

In 2006 Stan Polovets briefly left the TNK-BP Group to become first vice president of Uralsib, a major Russian financial institution.

From May 2013 until December 2019, Stan Polovets served as the lead non-executive director for L1 Energy, the international investment vehicle of Alfa Group.

From May 2014 through October 2016, Stan Polovets served as the chairman for Russia and Eastern Europe at Edelman, the largest global PR firm.

From September 2014 until March 2020, Stan Polovets served as senior advisor to Access Industries, a privately held industrial group with long-term holdings in natural resources, chemicals, media, telecoms and real estate, owned by American entrepreneur and philanthropist Len Blavatnik.

Stan Polovets represented Access as the lead non-executive director on the board of directors of Clal Industries, a major Israeli holding company with a diversified portfolio of investments in industrial manufacturing, hi-tech and consumer sectors.

Stan Polovets is a co-founder and chairman and CEO of the Genesis Prize Foundation.

Stan Polovets is a co-founder and CEO emeritus of Genesis Philanthropy Group, one of the largest private foundations in the field of Jewish philanthropy, with offices in Moscow, New York City, London and Tel Aviv.

Stan Polovets served as the founding CEO of GPG from its inception in 2007 until July 2014.

Stan Polovets represented GPG on the boards of several non-profits funded by GPG, including serving as vice chairman of Hillel Russia.

In 2003, Stan Polovets established, funded, and managed the Vnimanie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Russian children with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.