The Legacy of VimpelCom Founders’ Pioneering Spirit

VimpelCom’s Founder and Honorary President Dr. Dmitri B. Zimin and Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus Augie K. Fabela II (Chairman of the Board until May 2002) have inspired the Company’s transparency, strong corporate governance, quality, innovation and a pioneering spirit – values and characteristics that have made VimpelCom unique in Russia and a leader in the industry.  They led VimpelCom from its inception in 1992, to its history-making step of becoming the first Russian company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1996.  Messrs. Zimin and Fabela laid the foundation that has made VimpelCom the second largest telecommunications company in Russia, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe and one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the world now ranking in the Forbes 2000 Global Index.