Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (also can be transliterated as Vyacheslav or Viacheslav) is a Russian businessman.
Owner of the Acron chemical holding, which he privatized in 1993. In 2022, he reduced his stake to 40.85%, placing 45.1% in trust with the management.
Assets
- Acron is one of the world’s leading producers of nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The holding company includes mining and production facilities, seaport terminals, distribution networks and international trading companies. Acron’s value as of 2024 is approximately 640 billion rubles ($6.88 billion). Net profit for 2023: 35.9 billion rubles (about $422.3 million).
- Art collection with an estimated value of about $500 million (about 46.5 billion rubles).
Awards and accomplishments:
- Since 2005, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor has been included in the Forbes ranking of the 100 richest businesspeople in Russia every year.
- Recipient of Russian state awards: the Order of Friendship and the Order of Honour.
- Commander of the French Legion of Honour.
- Honorary PhD from Tel Aviv University.
- Recipient of the Belgian Order of Leopold.
- Recipient of the Honour Badge for Merit of the Republic of Austria.
- Recipient of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
- Recipient of the Romanian National Award of Merit.
- Recipient of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
- Recipient of the Ukrainian Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise.
Additional information
Married, five children.
Source for information: Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com, Forbes.ru, Rbc.ru
