The company was founded in the early 1990s by Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, and the primary owner is Vladimir Potanin, with Mikhail Prokhorov having departed in 2007.
公司於1990年代上半葉由Vladimir Potanin和Mikhail Prokhorov成立，而主要股東為Vladimir Potanin，而Mikhail Prokhorov於2007年退出。