# Gavril Yushvaev

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Russian businessman

Gavril Yushvaev Born (1957-07-23) July 23, 1957 (age 68) Makhachkala, Dagestan Occupations Businessman, investor

**Gavril A. Yushvaev** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Гаврил Юшваев; born 23 July 1957) is a Russian-born Israeli businessman and investor. He is best known as a co-founder of [Wimm Bill Dann](/source/Wimm-Bill-Dann_Foods) and as an investor in [Polyus Gold](/source/Polyus_Gold).

According to *[Forbes](/source/Forbes)*, Yushvaev's net worth stood at $1.9 billion as of 2023.[1]

## Biography

Gavril Yushvaev was born in [Makhachkala](/source/Makhachkala), [Dagestan](/source/Dagestan).[2] He has been certified by the Israeli Community of Porto as a descendant of [Sephardic Jews](/source/Sephardic_Jews).[1]

In 1980, Yushvaev was convicted of robbery and spent nine years in a Soviet prison camp, a fact disclosed in Wimm-Bill-Dann's [prospectus](/source/Prospectus_(finance)) for its 2002 IPO.[1] Following his release in 1989, he partnered with [David Yakobashvili](/source/David_Yakobashvili). In 1993, the two invested in the Lianozovo Dairy Plant, which later became [Wimm Bill Dann](/source/Wimm-Bill-Dann_Foods).[2] In 2020, he applied for [Portuguese citizenship](/source/Portuguese_people), but the application remained pending as of 2023.[3]

## Business ventures

Yushvaev amassed his wealth in the 1990s as co-founder of Trinity, a company that owned a range of businesses in [Moscow](/source/Moscow). He subsequently invested in [Wimm-Bill-Dann](/source/Wimm-Bill-Dann), a dairy and juice producer. The company was founded in 1995[4] and held its [initial public offering](/source/Initial_public_offering) in 2002.[1] Yushvaev remained the largest shareholder until 2010, when he sold his 19.6 per cent stake to [PepsiCo](/source/PepsiCo) for $1.1 billion.

In 2013, Yushvaev, together with another Russian businessman, acquired a 38 per cent stake in [Polyus Gold](/source/Polyus_Gold) from [Mikhail Prokhorov](/source/Mikhail_Prokhorov) for $3.6 billion.[5] He sold his holding in Polyus Gold in 2015[6][7] and, in the same year, made a $100 million investment in [Lyft](/source/Lyft) and joined a consortium that invested $150 million in Humacyte, a US-based biotechnology company. He had earlier invested in the German delivery service [Delivery Hero](/source/Delivery_Hero) in 2013, and in the software company [Domo](/source/Domo%2C_Inc.) in 2018.[1]

Yushvaev maintains a [holding company](/source/Holding_company) in [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus).[8]

## Personal life

Yushvaev is married and has eight children.[1][9]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Forbes_1-5) McEvoy, Jemima. ["Why Israel Became A Safe Haven For Russian Billionaires"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/04/28/why-israel-became-a-safe-haven-for-russian-billionaires/). *Forbes*. Retrieved 2023-03-03.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CrimeRussia2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CrimeRussia2_2-1) ["Against interests of powerful owners: why attempted takeover of Inskoy Pit failed?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191120024351/https://en.crimerussia.com/corruption/against-interests-of-powerful-owners-why-attempted-takeover-of-inskoy-pit-failed/). 22 November 2016. Archived from [the original](https://en.crimerussia.com/corruption/against-interests-of-powerful-owners-why-attempted-takeover-of-inskoy-pit-failed/) on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gavril Yushvaev? "É sefardita de origem portuguesa""](https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/2250792/gavril-yushvaev-e-sefardita-de-origem-portuguesa). *Notícias ao Minuto* (in Portuguese). 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Goldman_4-0)** Marshall I. Goldman, *The Piratization of Russia: Russian Reform Goes Awry* (Routledge, 2003), p. 217.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Karlee Weinmann, [Billionaire Pair Pays $3.6B For Tycoon's Polyus Gold Stake](https://www.law360.com/articles/417781/billionaire-pair-pays-3-6b-for-tycoon-s-polyus-gold-stake), *Law360* (22 February 2013).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Polyus Gold стала почти семейным предприятием"](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2846827) (in Russian). kommersant.ru. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Диана Асонова (30 September 2015). ["Polyus Gold стала почти семейным предприятием"](https://www.reuters.com/article/orubs-polyus-delisting-idRUKCN0RU2CE20150930) (in Russian). reuters.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Samuel, Juliet (2013-03-29). ["City Diary: oligarchs cut storm damage"](https://www.thetimes.com/article/city-diary-oligarchs-cut-storm-damage-26cqwxvppn8). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Гаврил Юшваев и семья"](https://www.forbes.ru/profile/gavril-yushvaev). *Forbes.ru* (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-09-30.

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