Aleksander Altman

Biography of Aleksander Altman

Date of Birth: 11.19.1956

Aleksander Altman is an American businessman.

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Odessa. Doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Defended his doctoral thesis in 1985.

Career. From 1979 to 1986, he worked as a researcher and intern at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

In 1986, he became the technical director of Informinvest - the first joint venture in the USSR focused on high technology development.

Since 1990, he has lived in New York. U.S. citizen.

In the USA, he founded Advanced Materials, a company engaged in advanced materials in the area of atomic energy.

From 2007 to 2010, he was an advisor to the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Yuriy Prodan.

In April 2013, he allegedly became the owner of the Ukrainian television channel TVi. The previous owner, Konstantin Kagalovsky, claimed that Altman took over the channel in a hostile takeover and announced his intention to regain control over the media assets.

10.30.2023.