Viktor Vekselberg was born in 1957 to a Ukrainian-Jewish father and a Russian mother in Drohobych, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (although some reports state that he was born in Lviv).
In 1979, he graduated from the Moscow Transportation Engineering Institute.
 Thereafter, he worked as an engineer and research manager at a state-owned pump manufacturer.
Viktor Vekselberg was born in 1957 to a Ukrainian-Jewish father and a Russian mother in Drohobych, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (although some reports state that he was born in Lviv). In 1979, he graduated from the Moscow Transportation Engineering Institute.  Thereafter, he worked as an engineer and research manager at a state-owned pump manufacturer.
Viktor Vekselberg