Russia Partners Management

Contact: Drew Guff and Vladimir Andrienko

Russia Partners is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms in Russia and the CIS, with approximately $1 billion of assets under management and access to a highly-specialized team of 20+ investment professionals and over 40 total employees.  The senior investment professionals combine high levels of education and on-the-ground work experience in Russia with advanced Western education and experience with Western firms.  The firm has managed investments in nearly 50 companies since its inception, the most notable of which are MTV Russia, EPAM Systems, Syktyvkar Pulp & Paper, MDM Bank and Parallels.

Russia Partners' success has come from its focus on supporting management and entrepreneurs of growing businesses, not only with capital, but also with unique insight, experience and perspective.  Russia Partners views its entrepreneurs as long-term partners, and strives to ensure the ultimate long-term success and viability of their business.

Russia Partners has raised three private equity funds since its inception; Russia Partners I (RP I) in 1995, Russia Partners II (RP II) in 2004 and Russia Partners III (RP III) in 2008.  These funds were established to make direct equity and equity-related investments in companies operating in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union.  Russia Partners has made over 30 investments across these portfolios in companies in need of growth or expansion capital and in companies where value can be enhanced through management or financial improvements.

The Russia Partners' funds have generated support from corporate and public employee benefit plans, endowments, corporations, family offices, high net worth individuals, International Financial Institutions, and the U.S. and Russian governments.  RP I and II are fully invested and have had numerous profitable realizations to date.  RP III, which held its final closing in 2009, is well positioned to capitalize on an environment of unparalleled investment opportunities.

In addition to RP I, II and III, Russia Partners assumed the management of two troubled private equity portfolios, Lower Volga Regional Venture Fund and Commonwealth Property Investors in 1999 and 2000, respectively.