Yelena Baturina

Yelena Baturina (Russian: Елена Николаевна Батурина; born 8 March 1963) is an international billionaire businesswoman and a philanthropist of Russian origin. She is based in Austria.She was married to Yury Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow (from 1992 to 2010), until his death in 2019. Quotes When you are in the middle of running a business nobody is interested whether you are a man or a woman. I am, however, convinced that in order to be a success, a woman needs to be head and shoulders above her male partners and competitors. In one way or another I have always been engaged in production. I was among one of the first entrepreneurs to start building their own private enterprise when Perestroika began in Russia and the state initiated its first market-oriented reforms. To be frank, sometimes I was quite glad businessmen didn't take me seriously enough. Occasionally I even found it amusing when some businessmen would be more relaxed during negotiations, which I think served as an advantage. In such cases I of course did my best to make the most of the situation. External links Category:Living people Category:Businesswomen from Russia Category:entrepreneurs Category:1963 births Category:Women born in the 1960s