Founding partners

Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO is a joint project between members of Russian and international business elites who preferred starting from scratch to building on an already existing Russian educational institution.

The school was founded by 18 Russian and foreign major companies and individuals, leaders in their sectors: oil and gas, metals, power generation, investment, banking, insurance and the retail trade.

The partnership is not limited to financial contributions. The founding companies have over 200 years of consolidated managerial experience on markets in both developed and developing countries (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Finland, India, the United Kingdom and the United States - more than 10 nations in total).

The authors of the project have experience managing major business structures. As well-known leaders and successful entrepreneurs, they are interested in creating a school that will become a leader in business education. They are willing to take part personally in the training process, developing the School's curriculum, delivering lectures, and organizing practical training.

Corporations

• Credit Suisse
• First Czech-Russian Bank
• GUM Trading House
• Itera
• Russian Standard Corporation
• Severstal
• SUN Group
• TNK-BP
• Troika Dialog Group

Individuals

• Alexander Abramov
• Roman Abramovich
• Leonid Melamed
• Leonid Mikhelson
• Konstantin Nikolaev
• Sergey Popov
• Andrey Rappoport
• Ruben Vardanian
• Valentin Zavadnikov

Members of the Coordination Council

• Alexander Voloshin
• Anatoly Chubais
  

Legal Support

• Herbert Smith CIS LLP