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University of Latvia.
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Valeri Belokon
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Since June 2010, The Trustee of the Board of The Prince"s Foundation for the Built Environment. He is the chairperson of the council of the Baltic International Bank, and his corporation Belokoņs Holdings has interests in finance, media, the Food industry and social projects in Latvia and Kyrgyzstan as well as football in England. These include
Finance and investments
Baltic International Bank – founded in 1993, servicing Very Important Person customers.
Position - Founder, Main Shareholder and Chairman of Council.
Representative offices basen in London, Moscow and Kiev
Manas Bank – founded in 2008 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Since 2007- Joint-stock company Investment Management Company Global Fondi - co-founded by ex Prime Minister of Latvia, The former Chairman of National Bank of Latvia - Mr. Einars Repše
Since 2009 - Joint-stock company Hercogiste - company"s aim is to develop sustainable projects in Latvia
Food industry
Joint-stock company Brīvais Vilnis (Established in 1949) – One of the biggest and most developed fish-processing enterprise in Latvia
Media
Otkritij Gorod – a monthly magazine in Baltic countries
Novo News – a daily Internet newspaper
Since 1995 - Valērijs Belokoņs"s Publishing House Limited – became popular with the National encyclopaedia Latvijas Enciklopēdija and annual edition Who"s Who in Latvia
Social Projects
Baltic Institute of Strategic Studies – a non-profit scientific research organization founded in 2004.
Riga Golf School – Founded in 2003 - charity project - first sport school of golf in Latvia that serves as basics for young generation to be introduced to golf culture
In June 2008, Belokoņs sold his 30% stake in the Latvian television station TV5 to the News Corporation owned by Rupert Murdoch. Through Belokoņs Holdings and VB Football Assets, Belokon bought a 20% stake in Blackpool Football Club in 2006, and is the club"s president
In June 2007 he stated that he was prepared to increase his stake in Blackpool from 20% to 50% following the clubs promotion to The Championship.
On 8 July 2008, Belokoņs announced that he and Owen Oyston, the majority share-holder of the club, would be personally financing the construction of the new South Stand and South-west corner at Bloomfield Road, with work to start immediately. On 31 July 2009 it was announced that Belokon was setting up a new transfer fund for Blackpool, into which he was adding a "considerable amount" on 5 August in order to invest in new players identified by team manager Ian Holloway. On 22 May 2010, were promoted to the top tier of English football, the Premier League, one year sooner than Belokon had predicted when joining the club in 2006.
In September 2015, Belokoņs initiated legal action against the Oystons, alleging improper use of club funds.
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Born in Riga, in the former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belokoņs studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States and the University of Latvia, Faculty of Philology.
