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Yakutsk

With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...

, Yakut ASSR

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.It was created on April 27, 1922, during the Yakut Revolt. It is now Sakha Republic of Russia. Yakut ASSR is known for its rich oil deposits, and refineries...

, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a Russian businessman. He is the CEO of Vimpelcom since October 2003.

Career

Before 1996, Izosimov was with McKinsey & Co in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 and London

London

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From 2001 until 2003, he was a member of the Global Executive Management Board and Regional President for the CIS

CIS

CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...

, Central Europe

Central Europe

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, and Nordic

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

 regions.

From 1996 to 2001, he was General Manager at Mars, Inc. for Russia and the CIS.

Izosimov currently serves on the Boards of Directors of GSM Association, Baltika Breweries Plc, and United Confectioneries B.V.

Alexander V. Izosimov, Chief Executive Officer, VimpelCom, Russian Federation; Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

Education

Izosimov graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute

Moscow Aviation Institute

Moscow Aviation Institute is one of several major engineering higher education establishments in Moscow .Although the school is currently offering a wide range of majors and research...

 with an M.S. degree in 1987 and holds an MBA from INSEAD

INSEAD

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Other

Izosimov bought the most expensive house in Sweden 2008, in a suburb to Stockholm. He paid 45 million Swedish krons (5 million euro) for this house.