Egor Lavrov

Egor Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: Его́р Серге́евич Лавро́в; born June 4, 1981) is a Russian entrepreneur who made his fortune in Internet-related projects, political PR, and a number of businesses in the United States and Latin America.[1]

Egor Lavrov
Born (1981-06-04) June 4, 1981
NationalityRussia
Occupationbusinessman

Early years

Lavrov was born in Moscow, Russia. He studied at private school called Kommersant, spent a year in London and later moved to Prague, Czech Republic.[2]

He finished school in Prague and came back to Moscow during a period of rising interest in the Internet in Russia. He later joined Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy[2] and started his own business at the same time.

Early political and business career

Larov's first business was the first Internet-related magazine in Russia called Planeta Internet.[2] It was later sold to Smolensky Bank who paid about 2 million dollars to Lavrov when he was just 16 years old.[2]

Lavrov's next step in business was the GFX Advertisement Company that later was acquired by the "Plaza Group" and transformed to "PLAZA Internet" that was a base for Internet projects of Egor Lavrov and Umar Dzhabrailov such as "obozrenie.ru" and "fuck.ru".[3]

When Lavrov was 19 he became a head of the election campaign of Umar Dzhabrailov who ran for the President of Russia.

Dzhabrailov came in last with 0.8 percent of the vote but became Chechnya's representative in the Federation Council of Russia.[4]

At the following presidential and legislative elections in Russia, Lavrov worked on several Internet projects with Konstantin Rykov to support the Vladimir Putin candidacy.[2]

Current projects

Currently Lavrov lives in the Dominican Republic, while also operates businesses in Miami, Florida, United States; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Caracas, Venezuela; Madrid, Spain; Panama City, Panama; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pétion-Ville, Haiti; and Lima, Peru.

Lavrov owns "Grupo Lavrov", a company that owns:

Personal life

Jessica Versteeg (The Iowa Beauty Queen) is the wife of Egor Lavrov.

References
  1. Gessen, Masha (5 October 2003). "Rich Russians are spending as if there's no tomorrow--which many say there won't be". usnews.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  2. "Egor Lavrov". 100thousandclub.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  3. Кто купит скандальное доменное имя? (in Russian). clickz.ru. Archived from the original on January 18, 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  4. "Mr Umar DZHABRAILOV". Council of Europe. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  5. "Pravda Sushi Bar & Lounge-About" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  6. "Tattoolizator - FAQ". 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  7. "Blockchain Startup Paragon Bets $100M Cannabis Supply Chain Will Tokenise". Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. "Federal Class Action Lawsuits Against ICOs Are Set To Double". Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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