Dmitry Lesnevsky

Dmitry Anatolyevich Lesnevskiy (b. February 2, 1970) is a Russian-British-Israeli entrepreneur and producer in television, film, publishing and online media. Early life Dmitry Lesnevskiy was born in a Jewish family. He graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Journalism. Career In 1991 he co-founded REN TV, one of the first privately held, independent TV production companies in Russia. It produced over twenty programmes, all ranked among the highest in the country. In 1997 Lesnevskiy co-founded and served as CEO and General producer (through 2005) of REN-TV Television Network - the second biggest independent TV channel in Russia. REN-TV was particularly renowned for its independent news.