Alisher Usmanov is nicknamed ” the hard man of Russia ,” but he’s good at seducing the softies in California’s tech community: An investment firm he backs lead a $180 million investment in Zynga, the gaming company that trafficked in scammy ads. The investment firm, Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, led a broader group of investors in putting money into San Francisco-based Zynga, according to the New York Times .
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Alisher Usmanov: The Scary Russian Oligarch Seducing Silicon Valley
