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Boris Jordan
Boris Jordan (Russian: Борис Алексеевич Йордан, born 2 June 1966) is a Russian-American billionaire businessman, who is the founder and executive chairman of Curaleaf.
Jordan was born in Sea Cliff, New York (on Long Island) to Russian emigrant parents. His father, Aleksey Borisovich Jordan, had lived in Yugoslavia and was a graduate of the "Cadet Corps" in 1941. His mother, Maria Alexandrovna Jordan (née Shishkova), whose father was Alexander Tikhonovich Shishkov, graduated from New York University. According to Boris Jordan, his grandfather was the Russian Minister of Provisions under Pyotr Stolypin before the Russian Revolution. Jordan is a grand nephew of Czar Nicholas II's physician Eugene Botkin.
Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in Russian–American Economic Relations from New York University.
Jordan assisted Russia's economic transition to capitalism in the early 1990s, assisting in the launch of the Russian stock market and the privatization of state assets.
From 1992 until 1995, Jordan worked under Bruce Gardner, who was the director of the Russian Center for Privatization under the Government of the Russian Federation, and headed the Moscow subsidiary of the Credit Suisse First Boston bank, which was part of the Mellon empire. At the same time, he was managing director of the Moscow office of CS First Boston. Under his tenure, CS First Boston became a leading investment bank in Russia, engaged in privatization, corporate finance and securities trading. He created the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Jordan was a co-founder of Renaissance Capital investment group (founded in 1995), along with New Zealander Stephen Jennings.
On 25 November 1998, billionaire Vladimir Potanin recommended Jordan to be Chairman of Sidanko which Jordan held until February 1999 when he stepped down.
Jordan is the President and CEO of the Sputnik Group Ltd., which he launched in 1998. The Sputnik Group is a diversified holding company, which manages the Sputnik Funds, the largest foreign private-equity funds invested in Russia. The Sputnik Group currently owns proprietary investments in Russian insurance (Renaissance Insurance), forestry, telecommunications and media sectors – as well as a number of investments in foreign companies.
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Boris Jordan
Boris Jordan (Russian: Борис Алексеевич Йордан, born 2 June 1966) is a Russian-American billionaire businessman, who is the founder and executive chairman of Curaleaf.
Jordan was born in Sea Cliff, New York (on Long Island) to Russian emigrant parents. His father, Aleksey Borisovich Jordan, had lived in Yugoslavia and was a graduate of the "Cadet Corps" in 1941. His mother, Maria Alexandrovna Jordan (née Shishkova), whose father was Alexander Tikhonovich Shishkov, graduated from New York University. According to Boris Jordan, his grandfather was the Russian Minister of Provisions under Pyotr Stolypin before the Russian Revolution. Jordan is a grand nephew of Czar Nicholas II's physician Eugene Botkin.
Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in Russian–American Economic Relations from New York University.
Jordan assisted Russia's economic transition to capitalism in the early 1990s, assisting in the launch of the Russian stock market and the privatization of state assets.
From 1992 until 1995, Jordan worked under Bruce Gardner, who was the director of the Russian Center for Privatization under the Government of the Russian Federation, and headed the Moscow subsidiary of the Credit Suisse First Boston bank, which was part of the Mellon empire. At the same time, he was managing director of the Moscow office of CS First Boston. Under his tenure, CS First Boston became a leading investment bank in Russia, engaged in privatization, corporate finance and securities trading. He created the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Jordan was a co-founder of Renaissance Capital investment group (founded in 1995), along with New Zealander Stephen Jennings.
On 25 November 1998, billionaire Vladimir Potanin recommended Jordan to be Chairman of Sidanko which Jordan held until February 1999 when he stepped down.
Jordan is the President and CEO of the Sputnik Group Ltd., which he launched in 1998. The Sputnik Group is a diversified holding company, which manages the Sputnik Funds, the largest foreign private-equity funds invested in Russia. The Sputnik Group currently owns proprietary investments in Russian insurance (Renaissance Insurance), forestry, telecommunications and media sectors – as well as a number of investments in foreign companies.