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Russian oligarch and investor
IVAN VLADIMIROVICH TAVRIN (Russian: Ivan Vladimirovich Tavrin; born November 1, 1976) is a Russian oligarch, investor, and founder of several major corporations, linked to another billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of Kismet Capital Group.
Education and early career
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In 1998, the Moscow-born Tavrin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).[1][2] During his early career, he led, established or was an investor in multiple technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies, including Regional Media Group,[2] Media-1 Holdings,[3][4][5] and TV-3,[2] among others.[6][7]
In 2007, Tavrin created the Media-1 holding, formerly known as UTH Russia, and became the chairman of the board of directors of the company.[3][4] As of 2021, it is one of the largest independent media holdings in Russia.[8] The holding, in particular, includes one of the top music TV channels Muz-TV.
In August 2024, it became known that Tavrin was selling Media-1. The buyer is a group of investors, including a joint venture between Rostelecom and the National Media Group, Media-Telecom.[9]
In 2012 he became the CEO of MegaFon, a mobile company that at the time had more than a quarter of the Russian cell phone communications market.[10][11]
Tavrin founded the investment firm Kismet Capital Group in 2016 and serves as the company’s CEO. He led the IPO of Kismet Acquisitions companies, which raised more than $400 million[12][4] and the merger with Nexters Global Ltd.—a top game development company—which was approved in August 2021.[13]
Tavrin was sanctioned by UK[14] and US[15] governments as “individuals or entities who have benefited since the invasion in key sectors for the Russian state”. Kismet Capital Group was put on the sanctions list as well.[16]
