Vasily Anisimov

Vasily Anisimov (born 19 September 1951) is a Russian billionaire businessman who has made his fortune in a variety of industries, including aluminium, real estate and banking, as well as serving as the president of the Russian Judo Federation.
Career.
Anisimov graduated with a degree in Economics from Alma-Ata Institute of National Economy in 1977.
From 1982 to 1986 Anisimov was head of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant and then from 1986 to 1989, he served as general director of the Moscow-based hardware wholesaler, Roskhoztorg. In 1992 Anisimov started Trust Company, a company exporting non-ferrous metals, before changing the company name to Transconsult and moving the company's activities into aluminium trading. This coincided with a turbulent time in Russian history with the privatisation of state-owned assets and fierce competition for control of the valuable aluminium industry. Transconsult acquired refineries and smelters including the Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant, the Achinsk Alumina Refinery and the Bratsk Aluminium Smelter. Transconsult sold its assets to partner company Renova for an undisclosed sum in 2000.
Metalloinvest.
In 2000, after being sued by fellow Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Anisimov liquidated most of his assets. Anisimov re-emerged in 2004 as a co-owner of Metalloinvest with fellow billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Andrei Skoch. Metalloinvest went on to become Russia's largest iron ore mining company. The company has three main businesses: iron ore, steel and scrap metal.
In December 2004 Anisimov and Usmanov acquired 97.6% of Mikhailovsky GOK, in one of the largest private equity deals in Russian history.
In 2005 the company took over Lebedinsky GOK, the largest supplier of hot-briquettes iron in Russia.
Moldova Steel Works, the largest industrial plant in Transnistria was another Metalloinvest asset. It employed over 1000 workers and engineers and 90% of its products were exported abroad. The company was returned to the Transnistrian state in 2015.
Anisimov eventually sold his 20% stake in the Metalloinvest to Russian bank VTB in 2011 citing the need for a change in The Moscow Times, "I am 59 years old, and I work 18 hours a day. I would like to spend more time with my family" Anisimov also stated he wanted to devote more time to his real estate development business interests. The stake was subsequently bought back by Metolloinvest in 2012.
A subsequent court action brought by the family of the late Badri Patarkatsishvili in 2014 over part-entitlement to the 20% Metalloinvest share was settled out of court. Details of the settlement remained confidential. 
Coalco.
Alongside his career in aluminium, Anisimov established Coalco in 1994. Coalco initially situated itself in the metals industry, including ownership of aluminium smelters, bauxite mines, semi-finished producers, cable plants, energy producers and cryolite plants. However, after Anisimov's break from the mining industry, Coalco moved into real estate.
The company manages projects in residential and industrial real estate as well as managing land assets. Coalco own 37,000 acres of land in the Moscow region.
It was reported in 2015 that the company planned to build a multifunctional complex at Tsarskaya Square in Moscow of 280,500square meters, at an cost of $430 million. The project was completed in two years.
In 2015 Anisimov transferred Coalco assets totalling more than 1 million square meters to MR Group Management, retaining ownership of the land, with MR Group Management responsible for all ongoing and future development processes. 
Coalco also has maintains a presence in the New York City real estate market through Coalco New York, and subsidiary company Corigin Holdings building housing for students at New York University as well as acquisitions, development and property management. 
Other Business Interests.
Anisimov has served as a member of the administrative council of Rossiysky Kredit
Anisimov is one of many "Russian oligarchs" named in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA, signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.
Russian Judo Federation.
Anisimov has been head of the Russian Judo Federation since 2010 and was re-elected in 2020. Under his leadership Russia topped the medal table with three golds at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a further two gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Anisimov also serves as an ambassador for the International Judo Federation. 
During his tenure, Anisimov has overseen major tournaments such as the 2012 European Judo Championships and 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, 2013 Judo World Masters in Tyumen, the 2016 European Judo Championships in Kazan, the 2014 Golden League European Club Championships in Samara, 2016 Golden League European Club Championships in Grozny and the elite Masters tournament in Saint Petersburg in 2017.
Anisimov's time in charge of the Russian Judo Federation has coincided with a large increase in participation in Judo in Russia and the Russian Judo Federation has been active in schools developing classes in Ukemi - the Japanese art of responding correctly to attack and falling safely.
In 2017 Anisimov was presented with a certificate conferring sixth dan by head of the International Judo Federation Marius Vizer.
Personal life.
Anisimov was married to Galina Anisimova and has four children. Their daughter, also named Galina, was murdered along with her husband, Alexander Nalimov, both found "bound and killed execution-style," in their Ekaterinburg home in 2000. A second daughter is the actress and entrepreneur Anna Schafer, star of the 2017 film Elizabeth Blue and co-founder of cosmetics range Bare Essential Organics. 
His main residence is in Zurich, Switzerland; he also maintains properties in Moscow, Russia, and New York.