Alexander Mamut

Alexander Mamut is a Russian-Israeli lawyer, banker and investor who was a co-owner of Rambler Group until 2020.

born 1960Co-owning Rambler GroupFounding ALM ConsultingOwning the Waterstones bookstore chain

Born: 29 January 1960, Moscow
Occupation: investor, banker, lawyer
Education: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow State University, Faculty of Law
Founded: SUP Media (2006), 2017)

Alexander Mamut was born in 1960 in Moscow

Alexander Mamut was born in Moscow on 29 January 1960. His father, Leonid Mamut, is a lawyer who helped write the Russian Constitution, and his mother, Cicilia Ludwigovna, is a defense attorney.

He finished a Moscow gymnasium in 1977. He then studied law at Moscow State University and graduated in 1982.

He started as a legal advisor at a printing house. In 1990 he cofounded a bank later named Imperial and founded the law firm ALM Consulting. He later founded the bank KOPF, chaired MDM-Bank from 1999 to 2002, and advised the head of the Russian presidential administration from 1998 to 1999.

He invested in retail, mining, insurance and banking, including Evroset and Spar Moscow. In media he founded SUP in 2006, bought LiveJournal Russia and Lenta.ru, and chaired Rambler&Co. In 2011 he bought the UK bookstore chain Waterstones and sold a majority stake in 2018.