# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-zimin-q98598303
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:13.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-zimin-q98598303"
name: "Boris Zimin"
slug: "boris-zimin-q98598303"
description: "Boris Dmitrievich Zimin is a Russian businessman and public figure, philanthropist, motor sportsman. The son of Dmitry Zimin, (1933-2021), the founder of VimpelCom company. Boris Zimin is involved with the Zimin Foundation, which finances and supports non-profit educational projects in the field of education, protection of human rights and freedom of speech, as well as scientific research in the field of natural sciences."
tagline: "Russian entrepreneur and patron"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Last_Address_sign_-_Moscow%2C_Yermolayevsky_Lane%2C_22-26_(2015-12-20)_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1968-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.374954666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  73
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bzimin"
    handle:    "bzimin"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/boris.zimin/"
    handle:    "boris.zimin"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/boris.zimin.3"
    handle:    "boris.zimin.3"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Zimin"
    title: "Boris Zimin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Зимин, Борис Дмитриевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Зімін Борис Дмитрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98598303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations