Egor Lavrov
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Yegor Sergeyevich Lavroff is a Russia
n entrepreneur who made his fortune in Internet-related projects, political PR, and a number of businesses in the United States and Latin America.
, Czech Republic
.
He finished school in Prague and came back to Moscow during a period of rising interest in the Internet in Russia. He later joined Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy and started his own business at the same time.
Lavroff's next step in business was the GFX Advertisement Company that later was acquired by the "Plaza Group" and transformed to "PLAZA Internet" that was a base for Internet projects of Yegor Lavroff and Umar Dzhabrailov such as "obozrenie.ru" and "fuck.ru".
When Lavroff was 19 he became a head of the election campaign of Umar Dzhabrailov
who ran for the President of Russia.
Dzhabrailov came in last with 0.8 percent of the vote but became Chechnya
's representative in the Federation Council of Russia
.
At the following presidential and legislative elections in Russia, Lavroff worked on a several Internet projects with Konstantin Rykov
to support the Vladimir Putin
candidacy.
, United States; Guayaquil
, Ecuador
; Caracas
, Venezuela
; Madrid
, Spain; Panama City
, Panama
; San Juan, Puerto Rico
; Pétionville
, Haiti
; and Lima
, Peru
.
Lavroff owns "Grupo Lavroff", a company that owns:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n entrepreneur who made his fortune in Internet-related projects, political PR, and a number of businesses in the United States and Latin America.
Early years
Lavroff was born in Moscow, Russia. He studied at private school called Kommersant, spent a year in London and later moved to PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
He finished school in Prague and came back to Moscow during a period of rising interest in the Internet in Russia. He later joined Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy and started his own business at the same time.
Early political and business career
Larov's first business was the first Internet-related magazine in Russia called Planeta Internet. It was later sold to Smolensky Bank who paid about 2 million dollars to Lavroff when he was just 16 years old.Lavroff's next step in business was the GFX Advertisement Company that later was acquired by the "Plaza Group" and transformed to "PLAZA Internet" that was a base for Internet projects of Yegor Lavroff and Umar Dzhabrailov such as "obozrenie.ru" and "fuck.ru".
When Lavroff was 19 he became a head of the election campaign of Umar Dzhabrailov
Umar Dzhabrailov
Umar Aliyevich Dzhabrailov — Russian statesman; is the current volunteer Advisor’s to the President Sergei Prikhodko Assistant, vice president of the Artists Union of Russia, philanthropist, connoisseur of modern art.The representative of the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body...
who ran for the President of Russia.
Dzhabrailov came in last with 0.8 percent of the vote but became Chechnya
Chechnya
The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...
's representative in the Federation Council of Russia
Federation Council of Russia
Federation Council of Russia ) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation...
.
At the following presidential and legislative elections in Russia, Lavroff worked on a several Internet projects with Konstantin Rykov
Konstantin Rykov
Konstantin Rykov , a.k.a. Jason Foris is a Russian politician.-Biography:Rykov was born in Moscow. Since 1998 he made his mark as one of the first professional Russian Internet producers. Rykov together with Egor Lavrov created websites such as and and television programs such as the popular...
to support the Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
candidacy.
Current projects
Currently Lavroff lives in the Dominican Republic, while also operates businesses in Miami, FloridaMiami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, United States; Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
; Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
; Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain; Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
; San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
; Pétionville
Pétionville
Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
; and Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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Lavroff owns "Grupo Lavroff", a company that owns:
- "Friends Around": Geo-Aware Mobile Social Network - http://friendsaround.com/
- Zila Networks - http://zilanetworks.com/
- Karma World - http://www.karmaworldllc.com/
- "Pravda Group"
- "Russian Standard Group" - a company that distributes Apple, Inc. in Latin American market.
- "LUX.SET" - construction company in the Dominican Republic.
- "LUX.CELL" - a company that distributes VertuVertúVertú is a jazz fusion band consisting of bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White , keyboardist Rachel Z, violinist Karen Briggs and guitarist Richie Kotzen. The band released one eponymous album in 1999....
brand in the Latin American market. - "ELFA" - financial advising company for the private investors in the Dominican Republic.
- "ELPA" - PR advising, political campaigns, Internet advertisement. So far a President of the Dominican Republic Leonel FernándezLeonel FernándezLeonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and the current President of the Dominican Republic since 2004. He held the same office from 1996 to 2000...
enjoyed the support of the "ELPA" during the last presidential campaign in the country, as well as a current Member of Parliament Gerardo Bogaert. - Tatoolizator.com - A project inviting people to design and select a tattoo to be placed on Egor Lavroff's hand.