Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, popularly known as Len Blavatnik, is the founder of Access Industries, an American privately-held multinational industrial group. Blavatnik founded Access Industries in 1986. As of April 2023, according to Forbes, Len Blavatnik has a net worth of $33 billion.
Blavatnik started his career by founding an investment company, Access Industries, in 1986. With his hard work and efforts, the company started to grow rapidly, and Access invested in the formation of the large aluminium producer, SUAL, which later became a part of UC RUSAL. In 1997, Len invested in the oil business, and Access acquired a 40 percent share of TNK, a Russian oil company. Half of TNK was sold to British Petroleum, but later, Rosneft acquired TNK-BP, including Len's shares.
With proper guidance from Len, the company acquired Basell Polyolefins, a petrochemicals and plastics manufacturer, in 2005. Basell Polyolefins later merged with LyondellBasell. Blavatnik's company has shares in many companies such as Tory Burch, Top UP TV, Acision, and many others. In 2015, Access Entertainment was formed, and in 2017, Access Entertainment purchased shares of RatPac Entertainment. Access also acquired a large stake in the Warner Music Group.
Len Blavatnik was born on June 14, 1957, in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (currently Odesa, Ukraine). After completing his school, Len went to Moscow State University of Railway Engineering. Later, he attended Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science and earned a master's degree in computer science. Blavatnik also earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. Len is married to Emily Appelson, and they have four children.
