1. Beginning in Siberia
2. Topics of Research and Forecasts
3. Executive Experience in Heavy Industry
4. Leadership of the first ever Arctic Seaway Economic Expedition
5. Research at the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)
6. European Professorship and International Lecturing
7. Professorship in the U.S.A.
8. U.S. and European Consulting Practice and Directorship
9. Membership in Professional Organizations
10. Awards
11. Published Works

Dr. Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist, is the President of the International Academy of Emerging Markets. He is a US Fulbright Scholar and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee (Washington, DC) and of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Lifetime Foreign Member). He was a Professor of International Business at American University from 2004 to 2007 and was a Professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business from 1990 to 2004. In addition, until 2000, for five years he was an Adjunct Professor of Business Strategy at the Stern School of Business at New York University. From 1992-1998 he served as the Director of Emerging Markets at Arthur Andersen LLP in New York. He has the title of Honorary Doctor from the United States, Russian, Albanian, Ukranian and Kazakhstan Universities. He was honored with National and Scientific Awards from several countries. Dr. Kvint's studies have focused on strategy and quantitative analysis of the Global Emerging Market and solutions to poverty. He is the author of 21 books and more than 350 articles, is a contributor to Forbes and is an advisor to the governments of several emerging market countries.

1. Beginning in Siberia

Dr. Kvint was born the son of two successful professional engineers in the very heart of Siberia in what was unfortunately the capital of Stalin’s infamous labor camp, Gulag. He then moved to Norilsk, the most northern city in the world, located 1,000 miles above the Arctic Circle. He began his 14-year career in the non-ferrous metals industry at the age of 14 as a construction and metal worker. Most of Dr. Kvint’s education was completed in parallel with his professional and athletic activity. By the age of 28 Dr. Kvint had established himself as the Chief Economist and Vice Chairman of a major Russian high-tech company in addition to successfully earning his Ph.D. in Economics, and being well educated in the fields of Mining-Electrical Engineering and Law.

2. Topics of Research and Forecasts

30 years of Dr. Kvint's research and scholarly activity have been dedicated to the creation of theories on new regional economic development and emerging market countries. Among Dr. Kvint's achievements are the Theory of Regionalization of Scientific-Technological Progress; an evaluation of the role of the scientific-technical strategy in the regional economy; the development of the methodology of regional programs; the Theory of the Global Emerging Market; the system of optimization models of business strategies in emerging markets and the development of economic solutions to poverty, unemployment and migration.

While his strategic analyses and forecasts of events are not infrequently outspoken, controversial, and at times even criticized as outlandish or impossible, in hindsight, they have been remarkably accurate and insightful. Indeed, it becomes evident that his forecasts are soundly grounded in detailed analysis of fact, coupled with a unique perspective and the wisdom gained of a long and unique career.

One of his most outstanding and accurate forecasts was published in 1989, proclaiming that “by 1992 there will be no country called the Soviet Union”. In fact, the Soviet Union disappeared in December of 1991. Dr. Kvint’s cover story in the February 1990 issue of Forbes Magazine was called “Russia Should Quit the Soviet Union”, and received worldwide attention.

Among his well-known forecasts are: accurate prediction of exchange rate between East and West Deutche Mark during unification of Germany; prediction of an early stepdown of President Yeltsin and his replacement by a successor in uniform; ruble's default in 1998, etc.

3. Executive Experience in Heavy Industry

Despite an invitation to work as an associate professor in Moscow, Dr. Kvint returned north to Norilsk, the most Northern city in the world, located above the Arctic Circle. Between 1975 and 1976, he continued his work in the metallurgical industry. He founded and was Chief of the Department of Organization Management at the Norilsk Mining –Metallurgical Concern, which was the largest Russian enterprise (150,000 employees) and still the largest producer worldwide of nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and osmium. Under his leadership, the company’s first General Organizational Structure, focusing on the improvement of final products was developed. The theoretical results of his work were published in Moscow in 1976, "The Acceleration of the Industrial-Technical Development". This book received the U.S.S.R. Annual Award “Best Popular Scholarly Book of the Year”.

In 1976, Dr. Kvint was promoted to the position of Deputy Director General and Deputy Chairman of “Sib Tsvemet Automatica,” a scientific-technological company, which automated the nonferrous metals industry throughout the former U.S.S.R. He was responsible for economic policy, business planning, the organization of compensation systems, and accounting departments in this company of 5,000 employees. Under Dr. Kvint’s economic strategy, this company became one of the first self-sufficient firms in the U.S.S.R. despite the Soviet command planning system. In addition, he was Chief of the Forecasting Economics Laboratory of the Nonferrous Metals and Gold Industry, and prepared strategies and forecasts for the nonferrous and precious metals and diamond industries.

4. Leadership of the first ever Arctic Seaway Economic Expedition

In 1978, he was invited to join the most prestigious think-tank, established in 1724 by Peter the Great - the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, and was elected as the Chief of the Department of Regional Problems of Scientific-Technological Progress at the Institute of Economy and Industrial Organization of the Siberian Branch of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. The Siberian School of Economics was at that time under the leadership of the world renowned economists Abel Aganbegyan and Leonid Kantorovich.

In the Academy, Dr. Kvint found a tremendous lack of accurate empirical statistics and economic information. As a result, many economic studies based on this inaccurate information had no practical use. With Dr. Kvint’s business experience, he immediately recognized this serious problem and developed the methods of studying economic situations, natural resources, and strategic business opportunities through the organization of Complex Economic Expeditions. In 1979 the Chairman of the Siberian branch of the Academy appointed him to head these expeditions. Several of these major expeditions were unprecedented. For example, in 1980 the academicians ventured across the entire eight seas of the Arctic Seaway by ship, helicopter and SUV. Another economic expedition traveled through three seas along the entire Pacific Coast of Russia to evaluate the area’s natural resources and productive forces.

5. Research at the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)

In 1982, Dr. Kvint was elected as a Senior Researcher and then as the Head of Department and later a Leading Scholar at the Institute of Economics of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences (Moscow). During these seven years he discovered and developed the concept of two new global trends: Regionalization and Technologization. He defined the category of regional scientific-technological policy and the role of this policy in the reduction of poverty and ecological protection. In the late 1980’s he came up with the theory of regional and global emerging markets. In 1986, he wrote the report on the organization of strategic development of scientific-technological process which he brought to the attention of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers, explaining that without the activation of these factors, as well as the function of motivation, the Soviet Union would have no economic future. After this predication, Dr. Kvint again faced a great deal of pressure from the Soviet power structure.

In 1985, Dr. Kvint prepared his second Doctoral dissertation on the “Regional Management of the Scientific-Technological Development of the National Economy”. Among the consequences of Dr. Kvint’s recommendations would have been the decentralization of the Soviet command economy. As a result, he was not allowed to present his dissertation to the Scientific Council until February of 1988, when he finally received the highest scientific degree in the Soviet Bloc, “Doctor of Sciences in Economics”. In 1989, he received the lifetime title of “Professor of Political Economy” - the highest state academic title in the former Soviet Bloc. During his years at the Academy he experienced great support of three prominent economists: Leonid Abalkin, Abel Aganbegyan and Aleksandr Granberg.

The fundamental ideas of Dr. Kvint’s theories were explored in his dissertations and books. Since 1989, he has continued his studies in Austria, and then in the United States. However, the development of his theory of the Global Emerging Market has its roots in all of his years of scholarly activity. For these studies, Dr. Kvint would later receive international recognition.

6. European Professorship and International Lecturing

In 1988 and 1989, Dr. Kvint was finally allowed to travel outside of the Soviet Union, upon which he gave speeches and lectures on the results of his studies. He was invited to many universities and prestigious academic centers in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, China, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. Among his many lectures was his speech in front of the Presidium of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. In 1989-1990, he worked as a visiting professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, an institution with more than 100 years of history.

Dr. Kvint has lectured at universities in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United States, and Uruguay.

In the U.S.A., lectures were given at:

Since 1990, Dr. Kvint has lived and worked in the United States where he has been granted citizenship. In 1990, he gave lectures and consultations in several think tanks and leading corporations of the United States including the RAND Corp, Kissinger Associates, General Electric, General Motors, Transamerica, Timex, and the Exxon Corporation, among others.

7. Professorship in the U.S.A.

Dr. Kvint’s first professorship was in International Economics department at Babson College, MA, a worldwide leading school of Entrepreneurial Studies. Following this, from 1990, until the Fall of 2004, Dr. Kvint was a Professor of Management Systems and International Business at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business. In addition to his professorship at Fordham, from 1995 through 2000 Dr. Kvint served as an Adjunct Professor of International Business Strategy at New York University's Stern School of Business. This was a very productive period in his academic career. He developed major elements of his theory of the Global Emerging Market, presented it at many conferences and published six books and several articles in major U.S. academic and business magazines, journals and newspapers. Since 2004, he has been a profesor of International Business at the American University in Washington, D.C., and since 2005 an adjunct professor of Management Systems at LaSalle University in Pennsylvania

8. U.S. and European Consulting Practice and Directorship

Since 1989, Dr. Kvint has been an Economic Consultant to the General Electric Corporation, Cable and Wireless (of Great Britain), Timex Corporation, TOSCO Corp., Engelhard Corporation, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Hogan and Hartson LLP- the two largest law firms in the world.

From 1992-1998, Dr. Kvint was the Director of Emerging Markets at Arthur Andersen, at the time, the largest professional auditing and consulting services firm in the world. This job gave him the opportunity to study emerging market countries of Latin America, Pacific Asia, and Eastern Europe and to implement his theory into practice.

Between 1997 and 2000 Dr. Kvint was a member of the Board of Directors of PLD Telecom (later merged with Metromedia International Telecom Inc.) a publicly traded company on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange. This company was very active and had many branches and subsidiaries in emerging market countries.

His consulting and professorship activity was always used as a continuation of his studies and research activity. Dr. Kvint was the Chairman of the World Economic Development Congress' Summit for Institutional Investors (Washington D.C, 1995); the World Economic Development Congress' Global Risk Management Summit, (Washington D.C, 1996); and the International Banking Congress: US-CIS and Baltics, (NYC, 1997). He was an Economic Advisor to the President of the United Nations' General Assembly. Between 1996 and 2001, Dr. Kvint was an economic adviser to the King of Bulgaria, Simeon II. In 2001, the King returned to Bulgaria and was elected Prime Minister. Between 2001 and 2005, Dr Kvint was an advisor to the government of Albania. Since 2006, Dr Kvint has been Chairman of the board of Directors of one of the major investment projects in Saint Petersburg (Russia) “Morskoi Vokzal” - Seaport.

9. Membership in Professional Organizations

Since 1993 Dr. Kvint has been a member of the Bretton Woods Committee (Washington D.C) which monitors the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and other multilateral institutions. He is a Senior Advisor and member of the Business Council for International Understanding (NYC) an organization created by the initiative of President Eisenhower in 1955. In 1994, Dr. Kvint was elected as a Lifetime (Ad Vitam) Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

In May of 2006, Dr. Kvint was elected as a Lifetime (Ad Vitam) Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world, established by Peter the Great in 1724. At the time, Dr. Kvint was one of only three economists serving as a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The two other current Foreign Members are the former Chief Economic Advisor to President Clinton, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Dr. Joseph Stiglitz and Professor of the University of Pennsylvania, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Dr. Lawrence Klein. This election, the highest academic title that the Russian Academy of Sciences may confer on a foreign scholar, was made in recognition of Dr. Vladimir Kvint’s advancement and development of the theory and analyses of both the Global Emerging Market and Global Business.

In addition, Dr. Kvint is the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council of the Federal Agency of the Russian Federation for Sport, Physical Culture and Tourism.

He is an Honored Member of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vlora, Albania. He is a member of the International Academy of Regional Development and Cooperation, International Informatization Academy, Russian Academy of Advocacy, World Jewish Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Emerging Markets, the Academy of International Business, The New York Academy of Sciences, Honored Member of the Russian Club of Economists, the International Public Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity.

10. Awards

For the development of the theory of regional scientific-technological programs, Vladimir Kvint was awarded with Silver Medal “For The Achievements in National Economy”, 1986 (Russia), Artiom award, 1986 (Ukraine), and Proclaimation of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1986 (Russia)

In 1992, Dr. Kvint was awarded a two-year scholarship by the Wexner Heritage Foundation (New York City) and in 1993, was presented with the Faculty Scholarship Award by the University of Southern California. In 1997, the New England Center for International and Regional Studies (Connecticut) awarded Dr. Kvint the title of an Honorary Fellow. He was recognized with a Silver Medal by Cambridge International Biographical Centre (England) as Outstanding Scholar of the XX Century.

In 2001, as a U.S Fulbright Scholar Award recipient, Dr. Kvint conducted studies, lectured at Vlora and Tirana Universities in Albania and provided consultations to the government of Albania. For these activities, he was given an award by the U.S Department of State (2002). In 2002, Fordham University honored Dr. Kvint's professorship with the annual GLOBE Award.

In 2002, Dr. Kvint, together with Steve Forbes, was awarded the Golden Crest by the Renaissance Society of Bulgaria for his role in the internationalization of Bulgarian and South European emerging markets.

In 2003 the United Nations' International Informatization Academy recognized Dr. Kvint with a Gold Medal for his achievements in emerging markets studies. In December of 2004 the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences presented Dr. Kvint with the Vernadsky Silver Medal and Diploma, for his development of the Theory of the Global Emerging Market. In 2004 he was awarded with the golden crest "Mecenat" and International Award The Golden Aquarius. For his contribution to the economy of Albania, he was awarded by Albanian government with the golden plaque “Mother Teresa.” In 2005, The City Council of New York awarded Dr. Kvint with a Proclamation “for his outstanding contribution to the City, State and Nation”. In 2005, Dr Kvint was awarded with the Medal for the Promotion of International Friendship by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, In 2006, he was awarded with the “Medal for Peace in the Caspian Region” in Kazakhstan. For Dr. Kvint’s input in the drafting of law and under law regulations for the protection of foreign investments, entrepreneurship, economic freedom and private property rights, he was awarded the title of Honorary Lawyer of Russia (2003) and the highest award for Advocacy in Russia, The Plevako Gold Medal (2006) On September 20th, 2006, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Dr. Kvint was awarded with one of the highest awards of Russia - the “Order of Friendship”.

Dr Kvint's contribution to the economics of the mining industry was recognized with Gold Order “Miner of Russia” by the Highest Miner Collegium of the Russian Federation (2006)

Honorary Doctorates and Honorary Professorships

Dr. Kvint was awarded with Honorary Doctor Degrees from: