Gavril A. Yushvaev (Russian: Гаврил Юшваев; born July 23, 1957) is a Russian-born Israeli businessman and investor known for the foundation of Wimm Bill Dann and investing in Polyus Gold.
[2] He is certified by the Israeli Community of Porto as a descendant of Sephardic Jews.
[1] In 1980, Yushvaev was convicted of robbery and spent nine years in a Soviet prison camp, according to Wimm-Bill-Dann's prospectus for its 2002 IPO.
In 1993, they invested in the Lianozovo Dairy Plant, which later became Wimm Bill Dann.
In 2013, Yushvaev, along with another Russian businessman, purchased a 38% stake in Polyus Gold from Mikhail Prokhorov for $3.6 billion.