Alexander Svetakov

Alexander Alexandrovich Svetakov (; born 15 February 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian billionaire property developer, the founder and chairman of Absolut Group

Early life Alexander Alexandrovich Svetakov was educated at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building (MIEM), where he earned a BA in engineering.

Career While attending MIEM, Svetakov partnered with fellow students Gleb Galin and Andrew Truskov to import electronics from Singapore and sell them wholesale. This enterprise became Absolute Trade House (Absolute LLP), now the largest electronics wholesaler in Russia.

Personal life He is divorced with four children and lives in Larnaca, Cyprus. He owns the yacht Cloudbreak.

Svetakov founded the Absolute-Help foundation in 2002 to help orphans, children with disabilities, and children with grave illnesses.