Evgeny Lebedev
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Evgeny Lebedev
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Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev 8 May 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Parent(s) | Alexander Lebedev (father) |
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev (/iev'geniː.'lɛbɛdɛv/; Russian Cyrillic: Евгений Александрович Лебедев; born 8 May 1980) is the London-based Russian owner of Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which owns the Evening Standard, the Independent, and the TV channel London Live. He is also a journalist, supporter of the arts and charity campaigner.
Lebedev was born in Moscow, son of Alexander Lebedev and his then wife Natalia. He moved to London at the age of eight, when his father began working for the KGB. Alexander Lebedev was the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, where he worked until 1992. In London, he had the diplomatic cover of an economic attaché.
The Sunday Express stated that Alexander "spent more time studying finance and the City than British secrets". He has been described as the "thinking man's oligarch".
Lebedev attended St Barnabas and St Philip’s Church of England Primary School in Kensington, followed by Holland Park comprehensive and Mill Hill boarding school. He then went on to study History of Art at Christie's in London. He has lived in the UK ever since, and became a British citizen (with dual nationality) in 2010.
His grandfather Vladimir Sokolov was head of biology for the Soviet Union’s Academy of Science.
On 21 January 2009, Evgeny and Alexander Lebedev bought a 65% share in the Evening Standard newspaper. The previous owners, the Daily Mail and General Trust, continue to hold 24.9% of the company. Under the Lebedev’s ownership, the Evening Standard became a free newspaper in October 2009, and confounded industry observers by moving from large losses to become profitable. Circulation tripled immediately to 700,000. In January 2014, the circulation was increased to 900,000, and the paper now has a readership of more than 2 million people in London.
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