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Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco (Russian: Ростисла́в Ордо́вский-Танае́вский Бла́нко; born 1958) is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur. President of Rostik Group and many other companies in Russia.
Ordovsky was born in Caracas. His father emigrated from Russia after the February Revolution. He was raised in a multi-cultural home; his mother was Spanish and his father Russian. After graduating from Simon Bolivar University in 1984 with a degree in chemical engineering, he formed his company, Rostik International (now the parent company to all his other businesses) to import electronics, photo equipment, and media to Latin America in partnership with such corporations as Kodak and Disney. After helping to produce Russian-Venezuelan film festivals in Moscow and Tashkent, he expanded his business efforts to Russia and was soon operating some 500 Kodak one-hour photo stores.
Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco is the first Russian businessman to be awarded Person of the Year annual national award in the field of business twice: in 2000 and in 2002. In 2004, Rostislav received the award of the Business People 2003 competition in the category Breakthrough of the Year.
In 2006, Rostislav won the semi-final of the most prestigious international contest – Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young). Rostislav will present Russia in Monte Carlo in the World final of this contest in June 2007.
