The 35 year old, Sergei Polonsky, is a real estate developer. A graduate
of St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Construction, left
the army in 1994 and went into the building business in his college town.
His Mirax Group is the largest real estate developer in Moscow that didn't
get its start in the country's capital. Builds housing apartment
complexes, business centers and high-rises (for example, the 1,300-foot
Moscow City tower). Was preparing for a public listing but canceled it at
the end of 2007 because of the crisis in financial markets.
Where do these wunderkinds come from? They are descendents
of the original Bolsheviks.
