Taming the Wild East: New Russian Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories.

This book, "Taming the Wild East: New Russian Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories", and the “Entrepreneurship in Russia” film (AVI, download in ZIP, 75 Mb) were inspired by our work over the last decade with Russian entrepreneurial management teams and the companies they created. That experience reinforced our conviction that the true engine of Russia's economy should be and will be the many smaller, growth-oriented companies that continue to emerge.

In Russia today, one hears much about mega-companies and their owners and managers, the so-called oligarchs. But while the oligarchs dominate the headlines, a new class of entrepreneurs is hard at work -- growing companies, taking risks, innovating, and in many cases reaping remarkable rewards for their efforts.

The new entrepreneurs are active in diverse fields, from high technology to consumer goods, from marketing to finance to media. They include men and women. They are from Moscow and other parts of Russia, from former Soviet republics and from Europe, America and elsewhere. They come to entrepreneurship often from very different backgrounds, with different ideas and aspirations.

As a group, these entrepreneurs are laying the groundwork for an increasingly dynamic, market-driven Russian economy. Individually, though, each entrepreneur has a highly unique story to tell.

For a decade, The U.S. Russia Investment Fund under Delta's management has been providing risk capital to Russia's new entrepreneurs. For a decade, we have been assisting Russia in developing the culture of entrepreneurship. As The U.S. Russia Investment Fund celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2005, we wanted to share some of these remarkable stories with you.

The centerpiece of this book and the film is a series of 12 candid portraits of entrepreneurs. Some of these entrepreneurs were financed by The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, others were not. We have also included a short introduction on Russia's entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th centuries, since there are interesting and important antecedents for today's activities.

This small volume, "Taming the Wild East: The New Russian Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories", and the film are dedicated to those who, with imagination and great patience, first created then supported Delta Private Equity Partners and The U.S. Russia Investment Fund over the years.

For more information please contact:
Ekaterina Stolkin
estolkin@dpep.com
Tel: +7 (495) 960-3131