The Blogging Czar Of Moscow

摘要

Andrew Paulson has a knack for spinning chance encounters with the rich and famous into business opportunities. In the late '80s the New Haven native carved out a career as a fashion photographer after rubbing elbows with designers and models at parties in Paris. In 1993, Paulson was invited to Moscow for a shindig put on by Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, where he met the editor of a local business magazine. Shortly thereafter he moved to Moscow to run the monthly for its French publisher. Then, in 2005, Paulson ran into reclusive Russian banker Alexander Mamut at a Moscow dinner. The two got to talking over the meal, and soon Mamut agreed to bankroll an Internet venture Paulson was hoping to launch.