Editing Platon Lebedev (section)

==Early life==
Platon Lebedev graduated from the [[Plekhanov Russian University of Economics|Academy of National Economy Plekhanov]] in Moscow in 1981. After graduating he worked in the Foreign Trade Department "Zarubezhgeologia" (Russian: Зарубежгеология) of the Soviet Ministry of Geology until 1989. There he met [[Leonid Nevzlin]] who subsequently introduced him to [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]]. Between 1989 and 1992, Lebedev headed the currency and finance department of Khodorkovsky's [[Bank Menatep]] and became president and a member of the board in 1993.<ref name=tmt>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/the-man-behind-menateps-machine/237379.html|title=The Man Behind Menatep's Machine|author=Alla Startseva|work=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=4 July 2003|access-date=15 July 2015|archive-date=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715104916/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/the-man-behind-menateps-machine/237379.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was president until 1995. Since 1996 he sat on the board of oil company [[Yukos]]. Lebedev was CEO of [[Bank Menatep#Group Menatep Limited|Group Menatep Ltd.]] (principal shareholder of [[YUKOS]]) from 2002 until his arrest in July 2003.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39744482&privcapId=1307783 "''Platon Lebedev''"], Bloomberg L.P.</ref><ref name=tmt/>

Since 1997, Lebedev holds a stake of about 7 percent in Group Menatep Limited, now GML Limited. Holding company GML Limited controls 51% of Yukos shares.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kommersant.com/p538197/r_1/The_Best_Defence_Is_Non-Ownership/|title=The Best Defence Is Non-Ownership|work=[[Kommersant]]|date=13 January 2005|access-date=30 June 2015|archive-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630225430/http://www.kommersant.com/p538197/r_1/The_Best_Defence_Is_Non-Ownership/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The other four ultimate beneficial owners of GML Limited are [[Leonid Nevzlin]], Mikhail Brudno, Vladimir Dubov and Vasily Shakhnovsky.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-yukos-idUSL6N0PY3KW20140723|title=Ruling in Yukos shareholders' $100-bln suit against Russia expected Monday|work=[[Reuters]]|date=23 July 2014|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>