Article: United States: Global Crossroads Capital on Billionaire Bank Buyers.(Company overview)

Byline: sander03

There is an estimated 1,200 billionaires worldwide. 2007- 2008 marks the explosion of bank buyouts. In 7/08 www.wsj.com reported on 2 Russian billionaires that own or are buying shares in banks. One is a 36-year old Belarus-born math whiz who founded MDM Bank, one of Russia's largest banks. The other has been buying into 3% of Deutsche Bank AG and parts of Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group and Royal Bank of Scotland and Belgian-Dutch Fortis NV. There are 74 Russian billionaires and 13 of those are under the age of 40.

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