Last Man Standing

摘要

Midway through a kick-boxing workout with his trainer, Yuri, Mikhail D. Prokhorov pauses as if discovering something important about himself. "I like to fight," confesses the 6-foot-8 self-made billionaire, breathing heavily as sweat dribbles down his forehead. More tactician than pugilist, Prokhorov, 43, has learned to bide his time-at least when it comes to rivals outside the gym. He's busier than ever, he says, sifting through roughly 20 proposals a day at his offices in arnclassic Stalin-era building on Moscow's upscale Tverskoy Boulevard, some from beleaguered companies that risk getting wiped off the face of the Earth if they don't get funding soon.