Slava Rabinovich - economic and political analyst, specialist in the field of finance. In recent years, he has proved himself as an independent publicist and blogger.
Childhood and youth
The future famous financier was born in 1966 in a city on the Neva in the family of a musician and teacher of philologist. A mother who received a university education dreamed that the child would follow in her footsteps, but the surname prevented him from entering a prestigious university. In 1988, with a diploma from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute, Slava decided to immigrate from the USSR.
Rabinovich dreamed of making a career in America, but at first he had to live for several months in Italy in order to see the long-awaited permission to enter the USA with refugee status. On weekdays, the young man worked on farm plantations, and on weekends at the markets he sold goods that were popular abroad. Leaving his homeland, he took out two suitcases with cameras, binoculars, badges. Soon, his initial hundred-dollar capital increased several times.
He earned his first money in New York by selling mobile phones. Work in the center of the association convinced him of the need for further education. Rabinovich underwent two-year studies at the university with a master's degree. A year later, he returned the old passport and handed a new one - American. So Vyacheslav received dual citizenship.
Financier
The course work of Glory was devoted to the analysis of shares of Russian companies. This determined the direction of his future activities. Rabinovich was invited to work by Bill Browder, founder of Hermitage Capital Management. He was offered the position of senior trader of the Moscow branch of the company. Eight years later, the emigrant again saw Russia. Having mastered analytics, he began to carry out transactions himself. He quickly gained the confidence of the boss and got the place of the co-managing fund. Realizing that at this stage this is the limit of his career growth in the company, Slava quit.
After a short time at Renaissance Capital, he created MCM Capital Advisors Ltd and managed the fund’s investments for about three years.
Glory dreamed of starting a business and becoming rich. He was able to realize by opening his own management company and fund. So, in 2004, Diamond Age Capital Advisors appeared, and the next year the Diamond Age Russia Fund was launched. Receiving commissions and a percentage of income, the company advised on investing finances, and the fund, raising or lowering, regulated the price of various assets of companies around the world. Considering the peculiarities of the domestic economy, investments were made, first of all, in the mining industry, and then - in the rapidly developing sectors: real estate, construction, transport. The fund acquired shares of Russian and Western enterprises in 35 countries operating in the CIS.
The performance of the hedge fund until 2014 was high and stable. The volume exceeded $ 105 million; of the 80 investors, the bulk were eminent businessmen of Russia and America. However, in recent years, information has appeared that the brainchild of Rabinovich is going through hard times. Its profitability dropped to a negative figure, and this led to an outflow of customers.
