Browder and Edmond Safra (1932–1999) founded Hermitage Capital Management in 1996 for the purpose of investing initial seed capital of $25 million in Russia during the period of the mass privatization after the fall of the Soviet Union.
布劳德和 Edmond Safra（1932-1999年）于1996年成立了赫米蒂奇资本管理公司（Hermitage Capital Management），目的是在苏联解体后大规模私有化期间在俄罗斯投资2,500万美元的初始种子资本。