Yevgeny Prigozhin: The Chef, the Mercenary, and the Rebel

Yevgeny Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch, mercenary leader, and former close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin. He is sometimes called “Putin’s chef”, as he owns restaurants and catering companies that provide services for the Kremlin. Prigozhin was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1961. He started his business career in the early 1990s, … Read more