Boris Rotenberg (businessman)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovich and the family name is Rotenberg.
Boris Rotenberg
Борис Ротенберг
Rotenberg in 2018
Born
Boris Romanovich Rotenberg

(1957-01-03) 3 January 1957 (age 67)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
NationalityRussian
Finnish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder of SMP Bank

Boris Romanovich Rotenberg (Russian: Борис Романович Ротенберг; born 3 January 1957) is a Russian businessman and oligarch. He is co-owner (with his brother Arkady Rotenberg) of the SGM (StroyGazMontazh) group, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia. He was listed by Forbes as Russia's 69th wealthiest person in 2016 with a net worth of $1.07 billion.[1] He is considered a close confidant of president Vladimir Putin.[2][3]

Since 2014, following Russia's annexation of Crimea, Rotenberg has been subject to sanctions by the United States government. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the UK government has also imposed sanctions on Rotenberg.[4][5]

  1. ^ "#1694 Boris Rotenberg". Forbes. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. ^ Lucian Kim (28 April 2010). "Putin's Judo Friend Says Premier Didn't Help Win Gazprom Deals". Bloomberg.com.
  3. ^ "UK targets three oligarchs and five Russian banks in first tranche of new sanctions - ICIJ". 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  4. ^ "The Sanctions Imposed So Far on Russia From the U.S., EU and U.K." SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. ^ Stevis-Gridneff, Matina (2022-02-23). "European Sanctions Target Putin's Inner Circle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-26.