Businessman Oleg Tinkov confirmed that he had retired. The 54-year-old businessman gave an interview to YouTube blogger Yuri Dudyu (recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent) immediately after the sale of Tinkoff Bank.
The structures of the oligarch Vladimir Potanin became the new owner of the bank.
Tinkov did not disclose the price at which he got rid of Tinkoff. He added that he signed a contract with a non-disclosure clause, but called the amount received a penny. Oleg left the viewers with a hint that the proceeds from Tinkoff Bank amounted to 3% of what he could receive at market value. “Calculate for yourself,” the businessman suggested.
The former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy Alexei Venediktov (also recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent) took up the calculator. He wrote really tiny numbers in the telegram channel. “Oleg Tinkov was forced to sell a share worth $2.2 billion for $50 million. Balance…” – said the ex-editor-in-chief of “Echo”.
This is slightly at odds with the data of the founder of Tinkoff himself. In the issue of “vDudya”, he stated that at his peak he owned a fortune of $ 9.4 billion (according to Forbes magazine). “Now I have 0.2 there [миллиарда], maybe. But what’s the difference? This does not affect my quality of life in any way – it’s great, any restaurant, ”Oleg answered in an interview.
But according to Venik’s insiders, it turns out that Tinkov’s fortune fell not to $0.2 billion, but to $0.05 billion. Of course, Oleg still has cottages in Russia, Europe and Mexico from the sale of vacation rental service La Datcha, as well as a hefty SeaXplorer superyacht worth about $ 100 million.
Perhaps the businessman included these assets in the current cash account. But 50 million for a share that was estimated at 44 times more expensive is really a penny. Fits the description of Tinkov himself.
