About Boris Kamenka
Lived 1855 – 1942 (aged 87). Boris Kamenka was a Russian banker.
Boris Abramovich Kamenka (9 January 1855, Kiev - 2 April 1942) was a Russian entrepreneur and banker in the Russian Empire. He was one of the richest people in Russia before the Russian Revolution.
He joined the board of the Azov-Don Commercial Bank in 1894. In 1903 when the bank moved from Taganrog to St Petersburg, he became the managing director. Then in 1910 he became the chairman of the bank. In this position he was able to join the boards of a number of joint stock companies which the Azov-Don Bank financed: the Rossiya Insurance Company, the Russian Society for Export Trade, the Tokmakov Railway company, the Taganrog Metallurgical Company.
Family He had five children: Alexander, Mikhail, George, Ippolita and Daria.
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Who was Boris Kamenka?
Russian entrepreneur and banker (1855–1942)
When was Boris Kamenka born?
Boris Kamenka was born on 9 January 1855 in Kyiv.
When did Boris Kamenka die?
Boris Kamenka died on 2 May 1942 in France.
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Boris Kamenka was a banker.
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Boris Kamenka was Russian.
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