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Alex Konanykhin (b. Russia) is a Russian and American entrepreneur. In Russia following the fall of the Soviet Union, Konanykhin built a banking and investment empire, controlled Russia’s largest commercial bank, and was a member of former President Boris Yeltsin inner circle. He left his country in 1992 and was granted asylum in the United States in 1999.
Konanykhin first gained international notoriaty in 1994 when he was accused by the Russian government of stealing state assets. Konanykhin argued that his accusers were politically motivated opponents of economic reform. Several times he was slated to be deported from the U.S. back to Russia; his lengthy appeals through the U.S. court system were eventually successful.
In New York City, Konanykhin began a successful advertising company and was chosen as “New York Businessman of the Year”. His book, Defiance, or How to Succeed in Business, is a true story on his life and his success. In late November 2007 he founded Delivery4Tip, an internet-based fine food restaurant delivery company based in Florida, USA. The company works in conjunction with ten restaurants and delivers meals and dishes off the restaurants’ regular in-house menus. Cuisines include Russian, Argentinian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Thai, and Italian.
References
- News Story, "Delivery4Tip" CBS4 News, January 2008.
- Andres Amerikaner, New Delivery Service Targets Luxury Food Market, Miami Herald, January 26, 2008
- "Pageant Winner New VP of Deliver4Tip", Miami Herald, December 23, 2007.
- Escape from the KGB and FBI , Business Week, August 11, 2007
- Terry Macalister, Poisoning puts business with Russia under a cloud, The Guardian, November 29, 2006
- Scott Shane, Ex-banker ordered to return to Russia, Baltimore Sun, November 25, 2003
- Gateway2Russia, "Russian Banker to Appeal Deportation Verdict", November 27, 2003
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