Dmitry Zimin

Dmitry Zimin
Дмитрий Зимин
Zimin at The Russia Forum in 2012
Born
Dmitry Borisovich Zimin

(1933-04-28)28 April 1933
Died22 December 2021(2021-12-22) (aged 88)
Switzerland
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute (MAI)
Occupations
  • Scientist
  • businessman
  • philanthropist

Dmitry Borisovich Zimin (Russian: Дмитрий Борисович Зимин; 28 April 1933 – 22 December 2021) was a Russian radio scientist and businessman, who was the founder and honorary president of VimpelCom. From his retirement in the early 2000s, he became known as a philanthropist. He founded the Dynasty Foundation and the Zimin Foundation.