13 Facts About Vladimir Vinogradov

Vladimir Viktorovich Vinogradov was the owner and president of Inkombank, one of the largest banks in 90s' Russia.

Vladimir Vinogradov's bank underwent bankruptcy following the 1998 Russian financial crisis.

Vladimir Viktorovich Vinogradov was born in 1955 in Ufa, Bashkiria.

Vladimir Vinogradov lost his father when he was a child, and grew up in modest circumstances.

Vladimir Vinogradov graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Vladimir Vinogradov took a leading role in the Komsomol, the Communist Youth organisation, and was given the opportunity to continue his studies at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, becoming the Promstroybank's chief economist in 1988.

In November 1996 Vladimir Vinogradov won a libel suit against the newspaper Kommersant and Russian TV controlled by Boris Berezovsky, who had spread rumors that Inkombank couldn't pay its interbank borrowings, and that a Central Bank inspection report implied that the bank was near collapse, a claim denied by the Central Bank.

In December 1996 Vladimir Vinogradov established the first American depositary receipt for a Russian bank in the US stock market, being one of the few Russian banks that adhered to US accounting standards.

Vladimir Vinogradov had some important international connections, such as London's Rothschild Bank, and US consulting firm McKinsey, which had devised a business plan for him.

In 1995 Vladimir Vinogradov acquired the Babayev chocolate factory, in Russia's first hostile stock market takeover, a deal praised for its transparency and fairness: Even after he had gained 50 per cent of the shares, he offered the same terms to minority shareholders.

An official with Smith Barney, who is a senior vice president, testified that Vladimir Vinogradov would have his throat slit.

Vladimir Vinogradov had two daughters and one son with his wife Liudmila.

Vladimir Vinogradov died of a stroke after a long illness in Moscow on June 29,2008, aged 52.