Vladimir Gusinsky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (, ; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, the newspaper "", the radio station Echo of Moscow, and a number of magazines. Early life and education. Gusinsky was born into a Jewish family in Moscow on 6 October 1952. In 1969, Gusinsky enrolled in Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas, however, he did not finish his education there. He joined the USSR Army in 1973 as a Junior Sergeant in the Chemical Intelligence Troops. In 1975, after being demobilized, Gusinsky  enrolled in the State Institute for the Study of Theatrical Arts (Russian: ГИТИС English: GITIS). He graduated in 1979 with his graduating diploma work on the staging of "Tartuffe" by Molière, in the Tula State Dramatic Theater. Early career. 1986 1988 1989 1992 Involvement in media. 1993: 1994: 1996: Consolidation and development of media assets. 1996: 1997: 1998: Confrontation with Kremlin. 1999 2000 Legal confrontation with Kremlin, and later life. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2012 2014 Other investments. Gusinsky had a shareholding in the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team for a period of three and a  half years, acquiring 60% of the team in November 2000. Until November 2008, Gusinsky held 27% of the shares in the prominent Israeli second largest newspaper Maariv, which he exchanged with Bank Hapolaim to settle a debt to the bank. He was one of the main forces behind the Moscow Holocaust museum, having lost several family members to the Holocaust. Property in Spain. In San Roque at Sotogrande, in the Province of Cádiz, Gusinsky purchased during the early 1990s "Krusero" () a luxurious villa on a property. During the 1990s, Gusinsky stated that Gibraltar is his "financial homeland" and that Spain  is his "second home". He often travels by boat for the trip from Sotogrande to Gibraltar where his Gulfstream jet is kept.