He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV[1] free-to-air channel, the newspaper Segodnya, and a number of magazines.

In 1969, Gusinsky enrolled in Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas, however, he did not finish his education there.

[2] He joined the USSR Army in 1973 as a Junior Sergeant in the Chemical Intelligence Troops.

[3] In 1975, after being demobilized, Gusinsky enrolled in the State Institute for the Study of Theatrical Arts (Russian: ГИТИС English: GITIS).

[140][141] He often travels by boat for the 13-mile (21 km) trip from Sotogrande to Gibraltar where his Gulfstream jet is kept.