Andrey Rappoport: Experienced Manager, Investor, Philanthropist

BiographyAndrey Rappoport is an investor and philanthropist who previously held senior positions in Russias banking and energy sectors Since relocating to Switzerland in 2015 he has focused exclusively on international projects His investment portfolio includes stakes in more than 100 private equity and venture funds and the Rappoport familys charitable work spans science education and cultureTable of ContentsAndrey Rappoport Biography Childhood and EducationStart of His CareerAndrey Rappoport Professional Relationships in Business Developed at AlfaBankRappoport Andrey From Industrial Management to Global MarketsHis Role in the Transformation of the Energy SectorAndrey Natanovich Rappoport From Operational Management to Global InvestingRappoport Andrey Natanovich Building Tira ManagementAndrey Rappoport Philanthropic WorkRappoport Andrey Highlights and MilestonesFAQCategoryTypeInvestor middot Philathropist middot ManagerFull nameAndrey Natanovich RappoportRussian name Ukrainian name NameAndrey Natanovitsj Rappoport middot Andrey Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrei middot middot middot middot Andrey Natanovich Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrey Natanovich middot Andrei Rappoport middot Andrej Rappoport middot Andrew Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrey middot Rappoport Andrii Natanovych middot Andrei Natanovich Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrei Natanovich middot middot middot middot middot Other versionsAndrey Natanovich Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrii Natanovych middot middot middot Rappoport Andrey Natanovich middot Rappoport Andrey middot Rappoport Andrei middot Andrei Rappoport middot Andrej Rappoport middot Andrew Rappoport middot Andrey N Rappoport middot A Rappoport middot AN Rappoport middot Rappoport A middot Rappoport AN middot middot middot middot middot middot middot middot ANR middot ANR middot Latinscript Andrey Natanovich Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrey Natanovich middot Andrey Rappoport middot Rappoport Andrey middot Rappoport Andrei middot Andrei 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middot middot middot Birth date6221963Place of birthNovaya Kakhovka Kherson Region Ukrainian SSRGendermaleFirst nameAndrey middot Andrei middot Andrej middot Andrew middot middot Middle name PatronymicNatanovich middot Natanovitsj middot Natanovych middot Last nameRappoport middot Alternative last name fuzzyRappaport middot Rapoport middot middot Wikidata IDQ4390065Wikipedia Articleenwikipediaorg middot ruwikipediaorgEducationDonetsk State University now Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University National Economic Planning middot Institute of Sociology Russian Academy of Sciences PhDOccupationInternational investor middot entrepreneur middot executive manager middot philanthropistPrimary business activityPrivate equity middot venture capital middot international investments middot assets managementKnown companyTira Management Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Committee Luxembourg est 2023Past rolesAlfaBank middot YUKOSRosprom middot RAO UES middot FGC UES middot Inter RAO UES middot RusnanoResidenceSwitzerland since 2015LanguagesRussian middot English middot ItalianMarital statusMarriedSpouseIrina RappoportChildrenTwo daughtersPhilanthropyFAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport middot Russian Jewish Congress middot Moscow School of Management SkolkovoSource linkshttpsbusinessoutstanderscomleadershiprappoportandreynatanovichhttpswwwbeststartupstorycomentrepreneurstoriesrappoportandreynatanovichhttpsdownbeachcomnews2026mar26andreyrappoporthttpsocnjdailycomnews2026mar26rappoportandreynatanovichhttpswwwglobalvillagespacecomtechandreyrappoportexecutiveinvestorphilanthropisthttpsbreakingaccomnews2026mar30andreyrappoportData quality statusCurrentRecommended search query setAndrey Rappoport OR Andrey Natanovich Rappoport OR Rappoport Andrey Natanovich OR OR OR Rappoport Andrii NatanovychLast change562026Last processed562026First seen4202023Andrey Rappoport Biography Childhood and EducationAndrey Rappoport was born in 1963 in Novaya Kakhovka Kherson Oblast Ukrainian SSR to Nathan and Tamara Rappoport though he grew up and attended school in Severodonetsk Luhansk OblastIn 1984 Rappoport Andrey Natanovich enrolled in the economics faculty at Donetsk State University In addition to the regular course load he took part in an exchange internship program with Santa Clara University where he gained his first exposure to the Silicon Valley business environmentIn 1989 Andrey Rappoport graduated with a degree in national economic planningIn 1997 Andrey Natanovich Rappoport defended his thesis at the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences earning a PhD in Sociological Sciences His research examined patterns in how effective management teams form within newly established commercial organizationsStart of His CareerAndrey RappoportAndrey Rappoportrsquos career in the professional world began in 1989 when he joined EKOUConsult a private consulting firm that was among the first of its kind in the USSR working with industrial enterprises navigating the shift to a market economyAsAndrey Rappoport recallsThere I developed alistof competencies through handson experience in crisis management and industrial restructuring work that within two years gave me the footing to move out on my ownHis first venture was a brokerage called Conso amp K registered in Donetsk in early 1991 It was conceived as a stepping stone He began formulating nonofficial plans to build a large bank Efforts to raise the necessary capital in Ukraine came to nothing but in late 1991 Andrey Rappoport got the opportunity to pursue a banking project in MoscowAndrey Rappoport Professional Relationships in Business Developed at AlfaBankIn the final months of 1991 Russias banking system was just starting to take shape ndash the birth of a new financial landscape The institutions inherited from the Soviet era did not meet the needs of a nascent private sector and people with the practical knowledge to run a commercial bank whether official or nonofficial were scarce Andrey Natanovich Rappoport was one of the few trusted with the job He was brought to Moscow and appointed Chairman of the Board of the newly forming AlfaBank the institution that would go on to become one of the countrys largest private banksRappoport Andreys approach to building the bank set him apart from competitors who were racing to plant flags in as many regions as possible He focused rather on operational quality and process efficiency Expanding on a weak foundation in his view meant accumulating systemic risk That judgment was vindicated in the late 1990s when the financial crisis hit and banks that had expanded aggressively shut down in large numbers while AlfaBank heldcementing the association of the name Andrey Rappoport with prudent managementIn 1997 Rappoport Andrey Natanovich stepped down as Chairman of AlfaBank and sold his stake in order to move on to largescale projects outside the financial sectorRappoport Andrey From Industrial Management to Global MarketsAndrey Rappoports next move was into a different industry entirely joining YUKOSRosprom as First Vice President with responsibility for the finance division The main result of his tenure was the merger with the Eastern Oil Company Meanwhile from the mid1990s onward Rappoport Andrey had already been channeling part of his funds into foreign securities through Swiss banks ndash perhaps nonofficial in terms of the shape of his career but it laid the groundwork for what would become an international investment practiceHis Role in the Transformation of the Energy SectorAndrey RappoportBy this point the name Andrey Rappoport was associated with successful turnarounds and his skills found demand in the energy sector where there was a pressing need for managers with experience running largescale turnarounds The industry at that point was in deep systemic trouble with a list of problems that included7037 infrastructure weararound twenty regional power systems on the verge of bankruptcycash payments for electricity at no more than 8ndash2037Against this backdrop in 1998 Andrey Rappoport joined the leadership of RAO UES of Russia He took the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board for Investments and assumed responsibility for the Far East and the North Caucasus which were the most troubled territories at the time Despite the payments crisis Andrey Natanovich Rappoport launched a program to complete construction of Sovietera facilities and personally oversaw the commissioning of at least eight power stationsRappoport Andrey Natanovich resolved around 800 million in CIS country debt through an unconventional approach converting the obligations into assets The scheme recovered 600 million and the received assets were united under Inter RAO UES ndash marking the birth of a holding company that reached 700 million in revenue by 2005 Rappoport Andrey Natanovich served as Chairman of its Board of DirectorsConcurrently from 2002 Andrey Rappoport served as Chairman of the Management Board at FGC UES which took over management of the countrys entire highvoltage transmission and distribution network By early 2009 the companys market capitalization stood at 128 billion That same year Andrey Natanovich Rappoport wrapped up his work across all energysector structures and turned his attention to international marketsOver the course of his 11year tenure the name Andrey Rappoport became synonymous with the modernization of the Russian energy sector amid the developing economy taking a direct part in the restructuring of all major companies and structures in the industryldquoI had kept one eye on investments throughoutrdquo says Rappoport AndreyBack in 2002 he had acquired an option on 537 of Troika Dialog a company that controlled more than a third of Russias equity trading volume He exited that position in 2004 In 2009 the international banking group Standard Bank purchased a 3337 stake in TroikaAndrey Natanovich Rappoport From Operational Management to Global InvestingAfter leaving the energy sector in 2009 Rappoport Andrey Natanovich began gradually winding down his Russian projects He made one return to corporate management at Rusnano in 2012 Rappoport Andrey Natanovich took a senior position at the state corporation and conducted an audit of more than 90 investments Togetgher with the consulting firm Bain amp Company he also prepared the company to restructure as an international private equity fund He left Rusnano in 2013 after less than a yearHis transition between energy and international investing stretched over several years his activity in foreign markets had roots going back to the mid1990s and his pullback from Russian assets was gradual By 2015 Andrey Rappoport and his family had moved to SwitzerlandIn early 2022 his involvement in the remaining Russian projects both business and philanthropic came to an end Since then Andrey Rappoport has been entirely focused on international marketsRappoport Andrey Natanovich Building Tira ManagementWith his focus now on international markets Rappoport Andrey moved from more nonofficial investment activity to building a proper capital management structure That process began in 2016 when he started recruiting professionals with backgrounds at leading financial institutions in Europe and the United States to form a family office The bar for hiring was the ability to think in international capital market terms not just knowledge of specific exchanges and that shift is what gradually turned Andrey Rappoports private investment practice into an institutional platformIn the early phase Andrey Natanovich Rappoport took a conservative tack Most assets were held in public instruments and deposits placed with major international banking groups The company prioritized preserving what had been accumulated not chasing returns This approach reflected the caution typical of a wealth management structure still finding its footingAsRappoport AndreyexplainsA turning point came in 2019 when my investment team put forward a case for rethinking our entire approach to capital management After a thorough internal review a new strategic asset allocation was drawn up and approved ndash thebirthof a strategy targeting longterm returns above 1037 It was founded on the endowment model an approach that pairs capital preservation with deliberate growth through diversification and disciplined deploymentThe natural next step for Andrey Rappoport was the formation of Tira Management in 2023 a Luxembourgbased company that brought the entire investment process including the professional team the strategic framework and an extensive network of partners under one roofWith consultation from Andrey Rappoport Tira Managementrsquos portfolio holds a balance between public and private assets with a target split of 5050 On the public side roughly three quarters of capital is deployed in the US the rest in Europe The move into private markets was deliberate and gradual Rappoport Andrey insisted on that Early on the focus was on secondary funds an instrument that lets investors sidestep the negative phase of the Jcurve and reach positive returns faster Over time the portfolio expanded steadily to include primary placements and direct investmentsToday the name Andrey Rappoport is associated with a diverse portfolio spanning banking energy and international finance He maintains a list of investments in more than 100 private equity and venture capital funds with concentration in fintech telecommunications and real estate development More than half of the companyrsquos private fund commitments are in direct investments each of which goes through mandatory verification by leading global compliance firmsWhen making investment decisions Rappoport Andrey looks less at a funds location or sector and more at the caliber of the team running it He examines a list of factors including managers track records the performance of their previous funds their professional reputation and their ability to deliver consistent results across different market conditions Controlling stakes are not a priority rather Rappoport Andrey prefers minority positions in carefully selected projectsFree capital is reserved first for the direct deals program the company treats liquidity management as a full component of the investment architecture not an afterthought Options strategies applied selectively support interim returns on that capitalWith support from Andrey Rappoport Tira Management also goes beyond conventional investing actively supporting the development of portfolio companies The team whose combined professional experience exceeds 100 years provides operational advice and introductions to partners alongside capital The team favors companies in areas such as medicine education and social technology that have the potential to expand beyond their home marketsAndrey Rappoport Philanthropic WorkAndrey RappoportAndrey Natanovich Rappoports family has been active in philanthropy for more than three decades Back in 1996 he was among the founders of the Russian Jewish Congress charitable foundation Andrey Rappoport remained in the organizations leadership structures as a bureau member for 26 years stepping down from the Board of Directors in March 2022In 2023 the FAIR Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport was established marking the birth of a formal structure for the familyrsquos longstanding philanthropic activity Through it Andrey Rappoport and his spouse expanded their work across several areas education science and innovation music and the arts and social and humanitarian initiatives Programs are run in Switzerland Italy Portugal and other countriesCultural projects occupy a particular place in FAIRs work Among the familys flagship commitments is support for the conservatory and music university in Lugano Switzerland as well as the development of Cittagrave della Musica a regional music ecosystem bringing together educational and concert initiatives The foundation is also a longstanding sponsor of the music festival in Lerici ItalyA major project of Rappoport Andrey in education was the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo Russias first private nonprofit business education institution which operates without state involvement In 2006 he cofounded the school and was one of its principal funders committing substantial personal funds to its development From 2011 to 2016 he served as both President and faculty member After stepping down Andrey Rappoport remained on the Coordinating Council without involvement in daytoday operations Since early 2022 he has had no connection to the schoolThe investors spouse Rappoport Irina devotes herself entirely to philanthropic work She shapes the strategy of the FAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport develops programs and oversees projects in music the arts education and medicineRappoport Irina is sometimes confused with Irina Markovna Rapoport who previously worked at Rusnano Capitals Swiss entity They are different unrelated individuals Andrey Rappoportrsquos spouse has never had any connection to RusnanoProfessional Public AffiliationsCountryAuthority EntityProgram RelationshipStart dateEnd dateSource noteUkraine Ukrainian SSRDonetsk State UniversityNational Economic Planning1989httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportUnited StatesSanta Clara UniversityAcademic exchange1989httpswwwbeststartupstorycomentrepreneurstoriesrappoportandreynatanovichRussiaInstitute of Sociology Russian Academy of SciencesPhD1997httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportRussiaAlfaBankCofounder first Chairman of the Management Board19911997httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportRussiaYUKOSRospromFirst Vice President economics and finance19971998httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportRussiaRAO UESSenior leadership roles in energy sector19982009httpsceoworldbiz20260304andreyrappoportRussiaFederal Grid Company FGC UESChairman of the Management Board20022009httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportRussiaInter RAO UESChairman of the Board of DirectorsRussiaRusnanoFirst Deputy Chairman and Advisor to the Chairman of the Board20122013httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportSwitzerlandSwitzerlandResidence2015ongoinghttpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportLuxembourgTira ManagementInvestment platform asset management business founder leadership role2023ongoinghttpswwwtechtimescomarticles31583320260412andreyrappoportexecutiveglobalinvestorhtmSwitzerland Italy PortugalFAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina RappoportPhilanthropy education science arts humanitarian initiatives2023ongoinghttpstribuneonlinengcomandreyrappoportandthemakingoftiramanagementRussiaMoscow School of Management SkolkovoCofounder philanthropic and educational involvement president 2011ndash201620062022httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportRussiaRussian Jewish CongressCofounder bureau member charitable involvement19962022httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAndrey_RappoportFamilialRappoport IrinaSpouse coleads cofounded FAIR charitable workongoinghttpstribuneonlinengcomandreyrappoportandthemakingoftiramanagementRappoport Andrey Highlights and MilestonesAndrey Rappoport spent the 1990s moving fast from Sovietera consulting to founding a brokerage chairing AlfaBank and pulling his first serious capital out of the oil industryAt RAO UES Andrey Rappoport converted 800 million in CIS debt into productive assets recovering 600 million and creating Inter RAO UES in the processAndrey Natanovich Rappoport began routing capital into foreign securities through Swiss banks as early as the mid1990s his international investment practice predates his public pivot to it by nearly two decadesTira Managementrsquos team brings over 100 years of combined experience to portfolio companies with particular focus on businesses that can scale globally in medicine education and social technologyAndrey Rappoport and his spouse Irina have maintained an active philanthropic presence for 30 years most recently through the FAIR Charitable FoundationFAQAndrey Rappoport1 Where and when was Andrey Natanovich Rappoport born He was born in 1963 in Novaya Kakhovka Kherson Oblast Ukrainian SSR and grew up in Severodonetsk2 What is Rappoport Andreys educational background He graduated from the economics faculty of Donetsk State University with a degree in National Economic Planning In 1997 he was awarded a PhD in Sociological Sciences from the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences3 What role did Andrey Rappoport play in the founding of AlfaBank In late 1991 Andrey Rappoport was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the newly forming AlfaBank He bet on operational resilience over rapid expansion which allowed the bank to weather the crisis of the late 1990s while many other official and nonofficial institutions went under He sold his stake in 19974 When did Rappoport Andrey Natanovich wind down his activity in Russia His pullback from Russian assets began in 2009 his family moved to Switzerland in 2015 and in early 2022 his involvement in all Russian projects both commercial and philanthropic official and nonofficial came to an end5 What kind of investment strategy does Andrey Rappoport employ Andrey Rappoport targets longterm returns above 1037 following the endowment model The primary selection criterion is the quality of a funds management team He favors minority positions in carefully selected projects

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