Leonids Esterkins

Leonids Esterkins (born on November 7, 1954, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine) is a Latvian entrepreneur, founder, and main shareholder of Rietumu Banka — Latvia's largest local capital bank, also one of the four leading banks in the country.[1][2] He is a Latvian citizen.

Leonids Esterkins
Born (1954-11-07) November 7, 1954
CitizenshipLatvia
Alma materRiga Technical University
Occupation(s)Latvian entrepreneur, founder, and main shareholder of Rietumu Banka

In 2022, the economic and business magazine "Dienas Bizness" named Leonids Esterkins the wealthiest person in Latvia in its annual "Millionaires" ranking.[3][4]

Biography and Business

In 1972, he completed high school in Mykolaiv, and in 1978, he obtained an engineering degree from the Faculty of Automation and Computer Science at Riga Technical University (formerly Riga Polytechnical Institute). Since the early 1980s, he has been involved in private entrepreneurship.[5]

In 1992, together with partners, he founded Rietumu Banka, where he currently holds the largest share (33.12%) through the Latvian company "Esterkin Family Investments."

He is the Chairman of the Council of Rietumu Banka.[6][7][8]

In addition to his work at the bank, he invests in real estate development projects, the hotel business, shopping centers, solar energy parks, and mining ventures in various countries worldwide.[9]

Perspective

He supports project financing in the fields of manufacturing, green energy, financial technology, real estate development, and agricultural innovation.[10][11][12]

Jurmala

Leonids Esterkins resides in Jurmala and actively participates in the development of the resort city and the improvement of the urban environment. For several years, he has supported the annual international classical music festival "Riga Jurmala" and participates in the international antique car parade "Retro Jurmala" every year.[11][13][9]

Interests

Leonids Esterkins collects paintings, sculptures, decorative, and applied art objects. He owns the largest collection of glass art objects from the Art Deco period, manufactured by the French workshop Daum.

He led the formation of Rietumu Banka's art collection, including hundreds of artworks, approximately 250 of which are classical Latvian paintings by artists such as Ludolfs Liberts, Jānis Ferdinands Tīdemanis, Jānis Pauļuks, Džemma Skulme, Konrāds Ubāns, Aleksandra Beļcova, Eduards Kalniņš, Leo Svemps, Rūdolfs Pinnis, Valdis Kalnroze, Imants Vecozols, and others. In the spring of 2023, an exhibition of works from the bank's collection, titled "Reflections of the Era," took place at the Art Museum "Rīgas Birža."[14][15]

He is proficient in Ukrainian, English, Russian, and Latvian.

Private Life

Leonids Esterkins is married, and has a son and a grandson.

References
  1. "ABLV Bank owners top Latvia's millionaires list". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. "'Rietumu banka' piešķir 6,5 miljonus eiro loģistikas centra attīstībai". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. "Leonids Esterkins". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  4. "Nosaukti bagātākie cilvēki Latvijā". Finanšu ziņas (in Latvian). 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  5. "Начало пути к богатству: где учились латвийские миллионеры". rus.delfi.lv (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  6. "Bankers top Latvia's rich list". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  7. ""Rietumu banka" piešķīrusi 50 000 eiro Latvijas Hokeja federācijai | Jauns.lv". Jauns.lv (in Latvian). 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  8. "'Rietumu bankas' peļņa deviņos mēnešos sasniegusi 21,8 miljonus eiro". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  9. "'Via Jurmala Outlet Village': nomnieki daudz piesardzīgāk pieņem lēmumus par biznesa attīstību". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  10. ""Outlet" ciemata nomnieki piesardzīgāk pieņem lēmumus par biznesa attīstību". Dienas Bizness (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  11. "FOTO: Piņķos top zīmolpreču izpārdošanas ciemats". Dienas Bizness (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  12. Lursoft (2022-10-11). "Leonidam Esterkinam jauns uzņēmums". www.klientuportfelis.lv. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  13. "Piņķos top zīmolpreču izpārdošanas ciemats". City Real Estate (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  14. "Reflections of the Era: Rietumu Bank's Collection of Latvian Painting - Art Museums". www.lnmm.lv. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  15. "Maijā «Rīgas Biržā» aplūkojama Latvijas glezniecības kolekcija «Laikmeta refleksijas»". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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