Michael Cherney — businessman with roots in the USSR
Michael Cherney (born Mikhail Semyonovich Chernoy on 16 January 1952 in Tashkent) is an Israeli businessman. With his brother Lev and the British metals traders David and Simon Reuben he co-founded Trans World Group, a major private aluminium producer in 1990s Russia. In 1994 he backed Oleg Deripaska's appointment as general manager of a Siberian aluminium plant; he later claimed a stake in RUSAL, and his London High Court claim against Deripaska was settled out of court in 2012. He has been the subject of criminal investigations in several countries, including Spain.
"Moved to Israel in the early 1990s; lives in Herzliya."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Tashkent (Uzbek SSR)
Cherney was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in 1952 to an Ashkenazi Jewish family, the eldest of three sons; his father was a bookkeeper and engineer. He served in the Soviet Army and moved to Israel in the early 1990s.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in 1952 to an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
Tashkent (Uzbek SSR). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.