Len Blavatnik provides financial support to a wide range of educational, cultural and charity organizations. Learn more about the philanthropic legacy of this American industrialist and billionaire.
Len Blavatnik, American industrialist and billionaire, has an impressive portfolio. As founder and chairman of holding group Access Industries, Blavatnik boasts strategic investments around the world in various industries and market-leading companies. However, this 52-year-old self-made billionaire — worth an estimated $7.5 billion — is perhaps best known for his philanthropic efforts than his global, long-term holdings.
Len Blavatnik and the Blavatnik Family Foundation offer financial support to a wide range of educational pursuits. Just last year, the Blavatnik Family Foundation gave Harvard University two grants totaling $10 million. The year before, his foundation donated $5 million to Tel Aviv University in an effort to expand the computer science department.
On the Harvard donation, Blavatnik said in a press release, “I am proud to support Harvard University’s visionary activities in the realm of scientific and technological research.
“Harvard is consistently in the forefront of health and life science discoveries and I am very hopeful that these two significant grants by the Blavatnik Family Foundation will help to facilitate further breakthroughs benefiting all mankind.”
Mr. Blavatnik, U.S. citizen, also supports numerous cultural and charity institutions including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Prince’s Trust.
Along with providing ongoing financial support to numerous institutions, Blavatnik, Columbia University and Harvard University graduate, sits on various academic boards including at Cambridge University, Harvard Business School and Tel Aviv University. He also spends his time on the board of directors of the 92nd Street Y in New York, The White Nights Foundation of America and The Center for Jewish History in New York.
