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Leonid Rozhetskin
was born August 4th, 1966 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Leonid Rozhetskin
is an international financier and lawyer credited with bringing
significant financial and legal advances to modern Russia. Leonid
Rozhetskin currently co-owns L+E Productions, a movie production company in Los Angeles, California.

Early Life and Education of Leonid Rozhetskin

Leonid Rozhetskin
was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1966. Leonid Rozhetskin’s family
immigrated to the United States in 1980. Leonid Rozhetskin attended
high school in New York City.

In 1987, Leonid Rozhetskin
received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Columbia
University with distinction. In 1990, Leonid Rozhetskin graduated cum
laude from Harvard Law School.

Legal Career of Leonid Rozhetskin

From 1990 to 1991, Leonid Rozhetskin
was a law clerk for Judge Stephen V. Wilson, a federal judge in Los
Angeles, California. From 1992 to 1994, Leonid Rozhetskin worked as an
attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell and White & Case, both U.S. law
firms. In 1992, Leonid Rozhetskin returned to Russia to open his own
law firm, representing clients such as the International Finance
Corporation (a division of the World Bank), Credit Suisse, Morgan
Grenfell, and The Moscow Times.

Career in Investments, Mining and Media of Leonid Rozhetskin

In
1995, Leonid Rozhetskin’s focus shifted from the law to financial
ventures. Leonid Rozhetskin was part of a group that founded
Renaissance Capital, Russia’s largest and most successful domestic
investment bank. While with Renaissance Capital, Leonid Rozhetskin led
the firm’s participation in listing the first Russian company on the
New York Stock Exchange.

In 1998, Leonid Rozhetskin
left Renaissance Capital to co-found the independent venture capital
firm, LV Finance. The advisory clients of LV Finance included
international financier George Soros and founder of CNN Ted Turner. The
company invested in a number of highly successful start-up ventures in
the media and telecommunications industry, most notably, MegaFon, the
third largest mobile phone operator in Russia. Leonid Rozhetskin sold
his interest in LV Finance in 2003.

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. Leonid Rozhetskin led the company’s efforts on transparency,
corporate governance and external investment, including the acquisition
of a controlling interest in Stillwater Mining Company, a U.S. miner of
platinum and palladium metals. Leonid Rozhetskin also pioneered an
investment of $1.2 billion to acquire a 20 percent interest in Gold
Fields of South Africa. Leonid Rozhetskin currently serves on the Board
of Directors of Norilsk Nickel.

Leonid Rozhetskin
is also a board member and founding shareholder of City A.M., London’s
first free daily business newspaper which covers news on the markets,
global and local business as well as contemporary lifestyle features.
City A.M. is read by over 100,000 professionals throughout London.

Movie Production by Leonid Rozhetskin

In 2007, Leonid Rozhetskin co-founded a movie production company, L+E Productions, with Eric Eisner. Eisner is the son of Michael Eisner, the former Chief Executive Office of The Walt Disney Company. Leonid Rozhetskin and L+E Productions‘ mission is to finance and develop feature-length films.

Personal Life of Leonid Rozhetskin

Leonid Rozhetskin has one son and divides his time between London and Los Angeles.

Awards Won by Leonid Rozhetskin

Leonid
Rozhetskin was awarded for the 1989-90 academic year, a Certificate of
Distinction in Teaching from Harvard University for his special
contribution to teaching the undergraduates of Harvard University and
Radcliffe Colleges.

Leonid Rozhetskin External links

• Leonid Rozhetskin Page on L+E Productions Website 
• Norilsk Nickel Bio of Leonid Rozhetskin
• Leonid Rozhetskin on IMDB
• Leonid Rozhetskin on Wikipedia

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