The Choiseul 100 Russia ranking was prepared by the team of the independent French think tank “Institut Choiseul”.

The main idea behind this international project is to contribute to building better business relations and exchange of experience between successful Russian entrepreneurs, experts and managers of large companies and enterprises and their foreign counterparts included in the Choiseul ranking in France.

The experts from the Institut Choiseul select the most talented and promising Russian business and economic leaders under the age of forty who have the industry-related potential to contribute to the modernization of the country’s economy and strengthen Russia’s position on the world stage. The organizers emphasize that the ranking has neither first nor last places, and is presented in alphabetical order, regardless of gender.

The main goal of the ranking is to select the talented young economic leaders who have the potential to determine the future horizons of the industry they are engaged in as well as for their country and for the entire world.

Pascal Lorot, President of the Institut Choiseul: “I’m glad that this time we present the globally unparalleled Choiseul 100 ranking in Russia for the second year in a row despite all the challenges of the pandemic. This is an absolutely independent study, which is formed on the basis of the same principle as Choiseul 100 France. The project’s objective is to strengthen bilateral relations between our two great powers by holding various events involving French and Russian award winners, business leaders and public institutions. We have a huge potential for exchange of experience and development in all areas.”

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Based in Paris, the Institut Choiseul is an independent think tank dedicated to the analysis of strategy in global relations and international economic issues. Its ambition is to create an independent dialogue space at the crossroad of the political and public world, economic circles in order to exchange opinions on today’s key problematics. The Institute also offers additional opportunities for meetings and debate between leading decision-makers in politics and economics.

For many years, the Institut Choiseul has also been a kind of “talent discoverer”. The Institute publishes rankings of young managers and entrepreneurs under the age of forty who have played or are about to play an important role in the economic development of their countries. 2013 saw the release of the Choiseul 100 France ranking and in 2014, the Choiseul 100 Africa ranking was published. The Choiseul 100 Russia ranking was introduced in Moscow in 2019. The Institut Choiseul is set to contribute to building and fostering of contacts between France and Russia for further development of mutually beneficial cooperation.