Gene ZolotarevFounder and main shareholder of the Maximus Group

Prior to founding Maximus Capital S.A. in 2008, Mr. Zolotarev has worked for over 20 years in senior positions in investment banking and asset management.  He has held a number of senior executive and board positions at prominent U.S., Eastern Europe and Baltic commercial and investment banks. Since 1993 he had cultivated personal and business relationships with principals of many major industrial holdings in the Eastern Europe and CEE; many of whom seek his professional and independent advice to this day. 

Since 2009, Gene has been splitting time between Geneva, Monaco and Riga while focusing on developing Maximus Capital S.A. as a multi-family office with deep expertise in identifying special situation investment opportunities – both in liquid markets and private equity.

Having graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics, he went on to attend an executive MBA program at NYU and later attended Harvard Kennedy School of International Affairs.