Vladimir Gusinsky | |
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Владимир Гусинский | |
![]() Gusinsky in 2005 | |
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Nationality | Russian, Israeli, Spanish |
Other names | Goose |
Occupation | Media executive |
Known for | Founder of Media-Most |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (Russian: Владимир Александрович Гусинский, [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡʊˈsʲinskʲɪj]; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV[1] free-to-air channel, the newspaper Segodnya, and a number of magazines.
Gusinsky was born into a Jewish family in Moscow on 6 October 1952. In 1969, Gusinsky enrolled in Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas, however, he did not finish his education there.[2] He joined the USSR Army in 1973 as a Junior Sergeant in the Chemical Intelligence Troops.[3] In 1975, after being demobilized, Gusinsky enrolled in the State Institute for the Study of Theatrical Arts (Russian: ГИТИС English: GITIS).[3] He graduated in 1979 with his graduating diploma work on the staging of "Tartuffe" by Molière, in the Tula State Dramatic Theater.[3]
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Gusinsky had a shareholding in the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team for a period of three and a half years, acquiring 60% of the team in November 2000.
Until November 2008, Gusinsky held 27% of the shares in the prominent Israeli second largest newspaper Maariv, which he exchanged with Bank Hapolaim to settle a debt to the bank.[138]
He was one of the main forces behind the Moscow Holocaust museum, having lost several family members to the Holocaust.[139]
In San Roque at Sotogrande, in the Province of Cádiz, Gusinsky purchased during the early 1990s Krusero (Russian: "Крусеро") a 536-square-metre (5,770 sq ft) luxurious villa on a 3,500-square-metre (38,000 sq ft) property.[140]
During the 1990s, Gusinsky stated that Gibraltar is his "financial homeland" and that Spain is his "second home".[140][141] He often travels by boat for the 13-mile (21 km) trip from Sotogrande to Gibraltar where his Gulfstream jet is kept.[142]