Leonid Arnoldovich Fedun (Russian: Леонид Арнольдович Федун. Born 5 April 1956) is a Ukrainian-born Russian billionaire businessman known for co-founding Russian oil company Lukoil. Until retiring in 2022, Fedun was vice president of Lukoil. He formerly served as president of FC Spartak Moscow before selling 100% of his shares to Lukoil.
Prior to entering the private sector, he was a military officer. He is considered to be a close associate of Vagit Alekperov, who he co-founded Lukoil with.
On February 18, 2022, Fedun was estimated to have had an estimated fortune of $8.5 billion, a figure that declined to $1.7 billion by March 28, 2022. Critics have labelled Fedun as an oligarch.
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Leonid Fedun was born in Kyiv in 1956, but grew up in Baikonur, as his father was sent as a military surgeon. He finished School No. 1 in Baikonur and pursued a military career. In 1977, he graduated from the Military-Political Department of the Rostov Higher Military Command School. Later, he entered post-graduate education in the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy. In 1984, he obtained a Ph.D. with a thesis on the public opinion of military servants as the component of army morale.