His
father was a member of the Soviet sports committee and his
mother was a scientist.
His
partner has been Vladimir
Potanin.
Has converted
Norilsk Nickel's gold-mining concerns into the $8.5 billion
corporation Polyus Gold, Russia’s largest gold producer.
Founded the Cultural
Initiatives Foundation (The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation),
a charitable foundation. He gives financial support to CSKA
Moscow's basketball, hockey and football clubs, and is a
member of the Supreme Council of the Sport Russia organisation.
Often
featured in gossip pages for his parties.
At an annual
two-week Christmas party for the Russian rich at the French
Alpine resort of Courchevel in January 2007, he was arrested
for allegedly arranging prostitutes for his guests. After
four days he was released without charge.
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