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At the dawn of his energetic entrepreneurial activity, Doronin mastered the real estate market. Actually, by selling and buying real estate, he managed to amass an impressive amount of capital, which later served as a good springboard for successful commercial activity.
First serious achievements in business
In 1989, Vladislav Yuryevich Doronin began his working life in a well-known company called Mark Rich & Co, which was involved in the trading sector. It was at this time that the Russian met and became friends with Eduard Berman and businessman from Uzbekistan Pavel Tyo. After some time, these two entrepreneurs became Doronin’s reliable business partners. In 1991, Vladislav found himself at the helm of the Capital Group corporation, which in a fairly short period was able to become one of the most prominent players in the Russian market.
In the first years, the company was involved in the construction of office buildings, constructing prestigious class business centers. It is worth noting that the company took part in the construction of the Moscow City structure, including the construction of the Moscow Tower and the St. Petersburg Tower.
In 1997, the company began to engage in the construction of residential buildings. Most often, Doronin is asked to build elite-class cottages or a large residential complex. Since 2002, the businessman has also entered into the construction of shopping centers. In particular, the Moscow shopping center “Metromarket” is the brainchild of his corporation.
First business
In 1989, Vladislav Yurievich received a position in the Marc Rich & Co concern (since 1994 Glencore). At that time, the company carried out trade deals with the Soviet Union for the sale of grain, so a Russian-speaking employee was very useful. In addition to success in his career, the famous businessman gained the favor of the owner of Marc Rich & Co, Marc Rich. Their friendly relationship lasted more than two decades, until the billionaire’s death in 2013. As Vladislav himself recalls, Mark was his teacher in business, helped with the necessary contacts and always gave good advice.
Very soon, Rich expanded his sphere of influence and began to pay more attention to the metal rolling and oil business. Vladislav managed to conclude profitable deals, with which he regularly brought multimillion-dollar profits to the company.
At the same time, the Russian made acquaintance with the Uzbek businessman Pavel Tyo and Eduard Berman, who in the future became his companions for many years.
Today's days
Vladislav Doronin, whose biography is of interest to a large number of people, nowadays occupies a high position in the ranking of capital developers. And since his company is in continuous close cooperation with various architectural agencies around the world, the businessman’s projects are always characterized by excellent precision of design elements and ideal aestheticism, which leave no one indifferent.
The Capital Tower and Pushkin House complexes, the Barvikha Hills country residence, and the Yacht City, Avenue 77, and ECO residential buildings deserve special attention. All this is the work of specialists from Doronin’s company.
In 2007, the structural division Capital Group Commercial emerged within the corporation, the main activity of which was the management of commercial assets.
Oligarch Doronin today
Currently, Capital Group is one of the largest developers operating in the Russian capital market. The company cooperates with leading architectural agencies of the Old and New Worlds, and therefore all projects of Vyacheslav Doronin and his partners are always distinguished by high aesthetics and precision of details.
At the moment, the most impressive complexes built by the Russian millionaire’s company include the Capital Tower and Pushkin House business centers, the Barvikha Hills country residence, the Legend of Tsvetnoy and City of Capitals multifunctional complexes, as well as the Gorod residential complexes. Yacht", "Avenue 77", "ECO" and many others.
Since 2007, the Capital Group holding also includes the Capital Group Commercial division, which manages commercial assets.
Currently, various publications assess Vladislav Doronin’s condition differently. Over the years, various media outlets have quoted amounts ranging from $2 billion to $6.7 billion. Currently, our today's hero is firmly among the richest people in Russia.
Entering the international arena
At the beginning of 2014, Vladislav Yuryevich Doronin managed to become the owner of the holding company Aman Group, which is an association of various international resorts. In the summer of the same year, the businessman entered into a legal conflict with the minority shareholder of the holding. The dispute concerned the management of the group.
In the spring of 2015, the Russian entered into a commercial alliance with luxury real estate developer Michael Shvo. The deal was concluded for half a billion US dollars. Its essence was the purchase of several floors in the Crown Building located on Fifth Avenue in New York.
OKO Group LLC
At the end of 2021, the media announced that the international company OKO Group, also owned by Doronin, was opening a luxury hotel in the Crown Building in New York. It is worth noting that the Crown Building is one of the most famous and expensive high-rise buildings in New York. The hotel complex, located in a skyscraper, occupied the fourth to twenty-fourth floors, the purchase of which in 2015 cost our businessman and American-Israeli developer Mikhail Shvo $475 million.
The hotel is equipped with a spa area on 3 floors, a cigar bar, a jazz club and several restaurants, and also has 83 rooms and 20 apartments.
Another project, which is being built by OKO Group, are three complexes in Florida, the cost of which exceeded $1 billion. The Italian fashion house Missoni acted as Vladislav Yuryevich’s partner.
Family status
While still young, Vladislav Doronin, whose personal life is replete with colorful novels, entered into an official marriage with his beloved named Ekaterina. The couple lived together for 21 years. During this period, a daughter, Katya, was born into the family. But, despite such a long period over the years, in reality the couple lived together much less, since at the dawn of the 2000s the businessman began dating a model from Sweden, Karen Schonbachler. The entrepreneur spent about five years in such a love triangle.
Divorce
For a long period of time, Vladislav Yuryevich Doronin could not amicably come to an agreement with his legal wife Katya about breaking off relations. An important remark should be made here: the couple entered into a legal marriage in the United States, therefore, taking into account this moment and the duration of their relationship, the American court could well have awarded half of the spouse’s property. Ultimately, the former lovers divorced in 2009. It cost Vladislav 10 million dollars. After the divorce, Catherine remained to live in the UK.
Relationship with Black Panther
During the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, Doronin met the well-known fashion model Naomi Campbell. Their romance broke out almost instantly and was actively discussed by all the world's leading tabloids. There was information that the couple would get married, but despite the announced wedding dates, the celebration was never held. To confirm his feelings, Doronin in 2012 built a luxurious mansion for his beloved in the form of a spaceship, the area of which was 2.5 thousand square meters. The authoritative architect of Indian origin Zaha Hadid was invited to design the building, located in the elite district of Moscow - Barvikha. But all this ultimately turned out to be useless, because the hot-tempered and wayward Naomi could not keep Vladislav near her, they finally broke up in 2012. By the way, almost all of Doronin’s relatives and even Doronin’s ex-wife unanimously accused the American of taking a selfish approach in her relationship with him.
After being alone for a short time, the oligarch found himself a new lady of his heart. She was Chinese Luo Zilin, who won the title of “Miss China” in 2011. By the way, for posting joint photos from a beach holiday on the Internet, a young Asian model was fired from her job for non-compliance with ethics and morality. It is noteworthy that she met the entrepreneur thanks to Naomi at one of the shows. But this relationship also ended in separation. And in 2014, Doronin began dating compatriot Kristina Romanova, who is 30 years younger than him. At the beginning of 2021, the lovers had a daughter.
Personal life
Like his entrepreneurial activities, Doronin’s personal life is very interesting and eventful. In recent years, his name has not left the pages of the yellow press, and in secular circles they do not miss the opportunity to discuss the businessman’s high-profile novels.
However, this was not always the case. While still a sixteen-year-old boy, Vladislav fell in love with his future wife Ekaterina, who at that time lived in Switzerland. They got married, and a few years later their daughter Katya was born. Their family union formally lasted 21 years. However, according to some rumors, their relationship has long ceased to be truly marital. After all, Vladislav never neglected love affairs on the side.
For a long time, the existence of a marriage was confirmed exclusively on paper due to the difficulties in the divorce process. Since their union had a significant duration and was registered in the United States, according to American law, Catherine had the rights to half of her husband’s fortune. In 2009, the couple managed to come to an agreement and they divorced.
The famous developer always chose famous girls as his companions. And perhaps his most famous lover was the world-class English supermodel Naomi Campbell.
The romance between the entrepreneur and “Black Panther” began in 2008 after they met at the Cannes Film Festival. The romance lasted 4 years, and information about an imminent wedding periodically appeared in the press. However, the ceremony was never destined to come true, and in 2012 the couple broke up.
During their relationship, Naomi became the owner of a mansion on Rublyovka, an apartment on Tsvetnoy Boulevard and luxury housing in Brazil.
But already in 2013, the oligarch’s heart was occupied again. This time he had an affair with Chinese model Zilin Luo, winner of the Miss China 2011 title. This union also lasted 4 years, until the millionaire became interested in Russian model Kristina Romanova in 2015. And already in 2021, Christina became a mother, giving the oligarch a daughter, Jasmine. The couple never officially got married, although rumors about an imminent marriage regularly appear in the press.
The model and the construction magnate have been appearing in each other's company everywhere for several years now. And unlike Vladislav, who does not have his own personal blog, Christina is happy to share photos from her vacation and social events with her Instagram subscribers.
