Education
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. Fordham University.
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. Fordham University.
Although not often referred to as one of that country"s prominent business oligarchs (probably because since 1994 he has been a citizen of the United States) he nevertheless made his fortune in Russia during the privatization of Russian industry and maintains a close ongoing connection to fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich and his circle. Shvidler was born in Ufa, Russia, into the prominent Jewish family of Soviet geologist Mark Iosifovich Shvidler. He received a degree in mathematics from the Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas and an Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.
Early in his career he worked for Deloitte & Touche in New York and became a United States. citizen.
He later returned to Russia, where he teamed up with Roman Abramovich to start the oil trading outfit Runicom South America In 1995 the men partnered to gain control of oil giant Sibneft "in an auction that some experts," according to the Irish Independent, "suspect of having been rigged". Shvidler joined Sibneft initially as senior Vice President and served as company president from 1998 until October 2005, when Russian state energy company Gazprom acquired Sibneft.
Foreign most of his tenure, Sibneft was Russia"s fastest growing oil company in terms of production, and its most profitable in terms of earnings per barrel. Eugene Shvidler is chairman of Millhouse Limited Liability Company, the investment and asset management company he shares with Abramovich and their partners.
He also owns the Château Thénac vineyard in France, a $37 million home in Belgravia in London, a $14.5 million home in Aspen, and the yacht Le Grand Bleu.