Mikhail Prokhorov
Entrepreneur
Russian billionaire and political activist known for having once been the owner of the Brooklyn Nets professional basketball organization. In 2012, he ran as an independent candidate in the Russian presidential election.
He was a materials engineer at the Institute for Chemical Machine-Building.
He ran the Russian Biathlon Union from 2008 to 2014.
He was born in Moscow, Russia.
He was named in Donald Trump's Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.