Max Rabinoff

Max A. Rabinoff (March 9, 1877 – April 19, 1966) was a Russian-born, naturalized American opera and ballet impresario and international economic adviser.

By the time he had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1898 he had already started an international import-export company focusing on encouraging American-Russian commerce.

He also discovered, and soon married, singer Marie La Salle, who died less than two years after their marriage.

[3] Continuing his interest in promoting commerce between the United States and Eastern Bloc countries, he attended the Paris Economic Conference of 1916 where he was made economic advisor to the Republics of Estonia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

He also attended the Genoa Conference of 1922, serving as a liaison between the Russians and Americans, and helped develop the Export-Import Bank of the United States.