Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up in a country where it was not possible. There existed even a special article in the penal code… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
After I met my partner, Mr. Protherow, we decided to start a banking project, and at the same time we started to think already about a business on a bigger scale. At the very beginning we thought more about gaining… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity. — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
I am not trying to say that I am poor and that I don't like beautiful things. But I don't like luxury for luxury… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
To create a big company, you need more partners, as it is hard to handle such a project alone. Such projects bring access to… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up in a… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
After I met my partner, Mr. Protherow, we decided to start a banking project, and at the same time we started to think already… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
Many people say the privatisation was unfair: that is true - it was unfair. That is a fact: some people became rich and others… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
For a rich and reasonably successful guy, it is impossible not to enjoy your job; otherwise, why would you spend so much time and… — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
For me, my father was, and still is, a symbol of qualified persons in the Ministry of Foreign Trade under Soviet conditions. — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
There are ways of fighting for your interests. I never do something in business that I wouldn't do in life. — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
It is not so much that I am a blue-blooded oligarch: I just don't feel like an oligarch. — Vladimir Potanin Copy Share Image
