Yuri Shefler

Business career Shefler left the Soviet Army in September 1987 and embarked on a career in business, which saw him running one of Moscow's leading shopping malls and Vnukovo Airlines.

He used to own one of the largest yachts in the world, , with a length of . In 2015 he sold Serene to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a reported $550 million. In March 2017 he bought Tulchan Estate on Speyside, Scotland's most expensive sporting estate.

On 17 February 2022, Brad Pitt said that Angelina Jolie sold to Shefler's wine group Tenute del Mondo, which is a subsidiary of Shefler's Stoli Group, her interest in the Château Miraval at Correns in Provence, France, which Pitt and Jolie purchased in 2008 for $28.4 million.

SPI Group SPI Group produces and sells alcohol under 380 brands in 160 countries, most notably Stolichnaya vodka. SPI Group also owns Louisiana Spirits Company, Fabrica de Tequilas Finos in Mexico and Achaval Ferrer in Argentina.

Shefler's SPI Group has been involved in a decades-long legal dispute with the Russian state-owned company FKP Sojuzplodoimport (FKP) over ownership of the Stolichnaya and Moskovskaya trademarks. In 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the rights belonged to Russia and ordered SPI Group to stop selling its products in Benelux.

In 2022, Shefler was ordered to pay a former UK executive over £1.6 million after sacking him when he complained about pay cuts.

Personal life Shefler was born to a Russian Jewish family in Oryol. He has citizenship in the United Kingdom and Israel. He has since been linked to Ksenia Sukhinova, who was Miss Russia 2007, and Miss World 2008.

As reported by Forbes in March 2022, Shefler had an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.