| Category | International Investor · Executive · Philanthropist |
| Name | Rappoport Andrey Natanovich · Andrey Natanovich Rappoport · Rappoport Andrey · Andrey Rappoport · Rappoport Andrew Natanovich · Andrew Natanovich Rappoport · Rappoport A.N. · A.N. Rappoport · Rappoport Andrij Natanovych · Раппопорт Андрей Натанович · Андрей Натанович Раппопорт · Раппопорт Андрей · Андрей Раппопорт · РАППОПОРТ Андрей Натанович · АНДРЕЙ НАТАНОВИЧ РАППОПОРТ · Андрей Натанович Раппопорт · רפפורט אנדריי נתנוביץ’ · 安德烈·拉波波特 · 拉波波特·安德烈 |
| Alternative Name Variants | RAPPOPORT Andrey · RAPPOPORT A. · Andrey RAPPOPORT · Rappoport Andrei Natanovich · Rappoport Andrey N. · Andrey N. Rappoport · A. Rappoport · Rappoport Andrei · Rappoport Andrej · Andrej Rappoport · Rappoport Andrii · Rappoport Andrii Natanovych · Andrey Natanovitsj Rappoport · Andrej Natanovitsj Rappoport · Andrey Natanovits Rappoport · Rappoport A. · A. Раппопорт · Андрей Н. Раппопорт · Раппопорт Андрей Натанович |
| Date of Birth | June 22, 1963 |
| Place of Birth | Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Region, Ukrainian SSR |
| Gender | Male |
| Specialization | Economist, National Economic Planning · Candidate of Sociological Sciences |
| Education | Donetsk State University, Faculty of Economics (1989) · Internship at Santa Clara University, California, USA · Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1997) |
| Current Activities | International investments through Tira Management · Charitable activities through FAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport |
| Languages | Russian · English · Italian |
| Place of Residence | Lugano, Switzerland (since 2015) |
| Source of Wealth | Investments in private and venture capital funds · Executive management activities |
| Industries | Financial Technology (FinTech) · Telecommunications · Real Estate Development · Energy · Banking Sector |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse | Irina Eduardovna Rappoport (born March 9, 1963, Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR) |
Biography
Andrey Rappoport is an international investor with stakes in more than 100 private and venture funds, including several major international names, and the founder of Tira Management. Since 2015, he has lived and worked in Switzerland. His investments focus on financial technology, telecommunications, and development projects in the United States and Europe.
Table of Contents
Rappoport Andrey: Formative Years
Andrey Rappoport was born on June 22, 1963, in the city of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson Region of the Ukrainian SSR. His family later moved to Severodonetsk in the Luhansk Region, where he graduated from high school.
An important influence in the future investor’s life was his father’s brother. His uncle founded one of the first private consulting firms in the USSR, EKOU-Consult, which specialized in:
- adapting Soviet enterprises to new economic conditions
- restructuring industrial enterprises
- developing business strategies in a transitional economy
It was at this firm that helater gained his first professional experience and became acquainted with the fundamentals of management consulting.
In 1989, Rappoport graduated from Donetsk State University with a degree in National Economic Planning. During the university program, he completed an internship at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, California, as part of a student exchange program. There he gained his first exposure to European and American business culture and educational methodologies. Eight years later, he continued his education, earning a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From 1989 to 1991, he worked as a consultant at EKOU-Consult, the firm founded by his uncle. At least five members of the family were employed at the company, creating a strong sense of shared expertise and professional continuity.
By 1991, he decided he was ready to pursue an independent career and launched his own business.
Entry into Business and Banking
In early 1991, Rappoport Andrey registered a brokerage firm in Donetsk called Conso & K, which was his first independent venture. Even at that stage, however, he was already developing a more ambitious plan — to establish the first commercial bank in post-Soviet Ukraine.
This plan required substantial funding. Thus, he approached the heads of major industrial enterprises in the region but was unable to secure the necessary five million rubles. Although the initial plan did not materialize, the experience proved valuable, highlighting the scale of the challenges facing the emerging banking system.
In late 1991, he was presented with an opportunity to build a career in banking. The banking system across the post-Soviet space was in a formative stage, as state financial institutions were unable to meet the needs of a growing private sector. Large trading companies urgently needed dedicated banking services, while professionals with experience in establishing commercial financial institutions were in short supply.
During this period, he was invited to join the team establishing Alfa-Bank in Moscow as Chairman of the Management Board. The founders were seeking an executive who could build a bank from the ground up and create a corporate banking system for business clients, and he accepted their offer. This marked a turning point in his career as he moved from being a regional entrepreneur to serving as a senior executive at a Moscow-based bank.
His first priority was building a team and launching an investment division. In the bank’s early years, he recruited a strong group of specialists and helped establish several core business lines:
- currency and financial transactions
- corporate services
- investment activity
He opted for steady, disciplined growth, focusing on the quality of the bank’s products rather than rapid geographic expansion. That strategy paid off during the 1998 financial crisis. While many financial institutions collapsed, Alfa-Bank weathered the downturn and continued to grow. Today, it remains Russia’s largest privately owned bank.
Over five years at the helm of the bank, Rappoport turned it into a recognizable brand with a solid market position. By 1997, he concluded that he had reached the limits of the existing business model. He sold his 15 percent stake and left Alfa-Bank. The experience gave him firsthand insight into building a major financial institution from the ground up.
His career then continued at Yukos-Rosprom, a company that managed shareholdings in industrial enterprises, where he served as First Vice President for one year. During that time, he assembled a new management team and led a key acquisition — the takeover of Eastern Oil Company (VNK), which owned Tomskneft.
Continuing his management career in Russia, Rappoport simultaneously began building an international investment portfolio. Since the mid-1990s, he has invested in securities through Swiss banks — a first step toward his future role as an international investor.
Andrey Natanovich Rappoport: Transforming the Russian Energy Sector
By 1998, Andrey Natanovich Rappoport had moved on to the next phase of his career, taking on large-scale management challenges in Russia’s energy sector. Having established a strong track record as an executive, he was invited to join the leadership team of the industry’s largest organization. There, he was expected to prove himself in a new capacity — crisis management.
By the late 1990s, Russia’s power sector was in severe decline. Wear and tear on grid infrastructure had reached 70 percent, and around 20 regional energy systems were on the brink of bankruptcy. Equipment had gone without repairs for decades, and there were no funds for new construction. The 1998 default made matters worse: cash collections for electricity were just 8 to 20 percent nationwide, with the remainder settled through offset schemes or not paid at all. The situation was particularly acute in the Far East and the North Caucasus. Major energy projects launched during the Soviet period had been frozen for lack of funding.
Rappoport was offered the position of Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Investments at RAO UES of Russia. He faced a broad mandate: to stabilize the industry’s financial position and complete several power generation construction projects.
He began with the most troubled regions. Despite the financial crisis, he initiated a program to complete long-suspended energy facilities. Under his leadership, the following projects were brought into operation:
- Boguchansk Hydroelectric Power Plant
- Bureya Hydroelectric Power Plant
- North-West Thermal Power Plant
- other major power stations
At the same time, he addressed the issue of international debt. CIS countries owed RAO approximately $800 million. He proposed an unconventional solution — exchanging debt for energy assets. Kazakhstan transferred a controlling stake in Ekibastuz GRES, Georgia transferred a controlling stake in Telasi JSC, and several other CIS countries agreed to similar arrangements. The assets acquired through these transactions formed the basis of the subsidiary Inter RAO UES, with Rappoport as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Over time, under his leadership, the company evolved from an electricity sales intermediary into a major power producer with annual revenue of $700 million.
In 2002, a large-scale reform of the sector began. The country’s fragmented power grids needed to be consolidated into a unified federal system. To this end, the Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) was established, and Rappoport was appointed Chairman of the Management Board. Several key achievements stand out from his seven years with the organization, through 2009:
- $150 billion in investment was attracted
- a unified national power grid was created, with more than 74,565 miles of transmission lines
- The company reached a market capitalization of more than $12.8 billion
In 2002, recognizing an acute shortage of qualified contractors for grid modernization, the entrepreneur founded the private company Energostroyinvest Holding. He acquired six distressed power grid trusts using funds from the international investment portfolio he had been building since 1996. The company became the only contractor capable of simultaneously constructing four large-scale facilities. He sold the business in 2006.
His 11 years in Russia’s energy sector can be outlined as follows:
| Company | Position | Period | Specifics | Key Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAO UES of Russia | Deputy Chairman of the Board, later Board Member | 1998–2008 | The country’s largest energy holding company | Restored payment discipline, hydroelectric plant construction, industry reform |
| FSK UES | Chairman of the Board | 2002–2009 | Consolidation of fragmented networks into a unified federal power grid system | Modernization of 74,565 miles of power transmission lines |
| Inter RAO UES | Chairman of the Board of Directors | 2000s–2009 | RAO subsidiary, international energy trading | Transformation from intermediary to major producer |
| Energostroyinvest Holding | Founder | 2002–2006 | Private contracting company | Construction of energy facilities |
By 2009, the energy sector reform had been completed. RAO UES was dissolved, and its assets were privatized. On June 30, 2009, Rappoport left FGC, bringing his eleven years in the energy sector to an end. What followed was a transitional period and a full shift toward international investments.
Transition Period and New Horizons
From 2009 onward, Andrey Natanovich Rappoport steadily shifted from serving as a Russian senior executive to operating as an international investor. During this period, he was already actively investing his earnings in European and American assets, though in 2012 he briefly returned to a management role.
He took on the positions of First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and advisor to the Chairman at Rusnano, where he conducted a review of the company’s investment portfolio. At the time, the corporation was involved in more than 90 projects with total capital commitments exceeding $4 billion. The businessman remained in these positions for less than a year, having concluded that his interests lay elsewhere.
By the mid-2010s, he had firmly defined his priorities, and in 2015, he permanently relocated to Switzerland. By early 2022, he had completed all business projects in Russia, focusing entirely on international investment activities that he had begun developing in the 1990s through Swiss banks.
Rappoport Andrey Natanovich: Building a Global Investment Portfolio
Initially, the development of his international securities portfolio had progressed in the background, but by the late 2000s it had become a central focus of his professional work. Andrey Rappoport steadily built both expertise and capital, and in 2016 began assembling a professional investment team, recruiting specialists with experience in European and American markets. At the outset, his investment strategy was conservative, with most funds allocated to public market instruments and bank deposits. He prioritized capital preservation rather than aggressive growth.
The situation began to change by 2019. By 2019, he approved a strategy targeting returns of more than 10 percent and began shifting the portfolio toward an endowment-style model balancing public and private assets. His role as an international investor became more clearly defined.
In 2022, the investment structure he had built was formally established as Tira Management. Today, Rappoport leads an international team and invests in more than 100 private and venture funds. His focus is the United States and Europe, with sector specialization in financial technology, telecommunications, and development. He maintains long-term relationships with major international banks, including Swiss institutions.
Key Investments and Notable Projects
He invests by identifying promising companies at early stages of development. Two illustrative examples — Datadog and Delivery Hero — reflect this strategy in practice.
Datadog, founded in New York in 2010, developed a cloud infrastructure monitoring platform. Rappoport Andrey invested in the company at an early stage, when it was still transitioning from a startup to an emerging market leader. In September 2019, Datadog completed its IPO on Nasdaq at a valuation of $8.7 billion. By July 2025, the company had been included in the S&P 500 Index, reinforcing its position among the largest technology companies in the United States.
Delivery Hero, a German online food delivery platform, was founded in Berlin in 2011. The experienced manager became one of its early investors as the company began expanding internationally. In June 2017, the company completed its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange at a valuation of €4 billion, and in August 2020 it was added to the DAX index. By 2021, the company operated in more than 60 countries.
Tira Management’s portfolio includes investments in Docplanner, a European digital healthcare platform; Zoovu, a company providing AI-based product configuration solutions; and Wizz AI, which was acquired by Google Cloud. Rappoport also served as an initial investor in a market-neutral hedge fund that grew to more than $500 million in assets under management.
A significant increase in his capital occurred in 2021–2022, when many portfolio companies recorded multiple-fold gains in value. According to Forbes, his net worth during that period was estimated at $1.1–1.2 billion.
Philanthropy and Personal Life
Alongside his investment activities, philanthropy is an important part of Andrey Rappoport’s life.
For more than 20 years, he and his wife, Irina Eduardovna, have been engaged in charitable work. Irina, born on March 9, 1963, in Makiivka, has devoted the past two decades entirely to philanthropy.
In November 2023, the couple officially registered the FAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport, which focuses on education, scientific innovation, music and the arts, social and humanitarian initiatives, and projects related to Jewish heritage. The foundation operates in Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy.
One of its major initiatives has been support for the conservatory and university of music in Lugano, where the family resides, as well as the creation of Città della Musica, a regional music ecosystem.
From 2011 to 2022, Rappoport was also involved in an educational philanthropy project. He served as president of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo. Notably, he had been one of the institution’s founding sponsors in 2006. Until 2016, he oversaw the development of the school’s financial processes while combining administrative responsibilities with teaching. From September to December 2016, he chaired the Coordinating Council, after which he remained an honorary member of the Council until early 2022.
The couple have two adult daughters, who have been involved in their parents’ charitable initiatives since childhood. Their father has an interest in philosophy and ancient history, plays tennis, and holds the title of Master of Sport in rapid-fire pistol shooting.
FAQ
1. Who is Andrey Rappoport?
Andrey Rappoport is an international investor managing a portfolio of more than 100 private and venture funds through the Tira Management platform. He has lived and worked in Switzerland since 2015.
2. What education did he receive?
In 1989, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Donetsk State University with a degree in National Economic Planning. In 1997, he defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis at the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
3. How did his career begin?
From 1989 to 1991, he worked as a consultant at the family firm EKOU-Consult. At the end of 1991, he became chairman of the management board of Alfa-Bank, which he helped build virtually from the ground up.
4. When did Rappoport leave the energy sector?
On June 30, 2009, he stepped down as Chairman of the Management Board of FGC UES, concluding an eleven-year period in the energy sector.
5. When did the businessman begin investing in securities?
In 1996, he began investing in securities through Swiss banks while continuing his management career in Russia.
6. When did Rappoport conclude his business activities in Russia?
By early 2022, he had completed all business projects in Russia and shifted his full focus to international investments.
7. What is Tira Management?
Tira Management is an investment platform officially established in 2022 through which he manages his international investment portfolio.
8. Which companies has Rappoport invested in?
Among his most notable early investments are Datadog (included in the S&P 500) and Delivery Hero (a constituent of Germany’s DAX index). He has also invested in Docplanner, Zoovu, and Wizz AI.
9. What does the FAIR Charitable Foundation of Andrey and Irina Rappoport do?
Founded by Andrey and Irina Rappoport, the FAIR Charitable Foundation supports educational, scientific, cultural, and social initiatives in Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, and Israel.
10. Where does the entrepreneur-investor currently live?
He has resided in Lugano, Switzerland, since 2015.
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