William Todd Tribell
Businessman, author
William Todd Tribell (born February 10, 1968) is an American businessman. He is best known for his involvement with Davidoff cigars in Eastern Europe. He is also the co-founder of the Digital Capital Corporation.
Early career
Tribell's first business was a car polishing service, which he started at age 17.
Russian enterprises
Tribell moved to Moscow in 1991, working with Winthrop P. Rockefeller in the technology sector. As an advisor in Russia, he helped foreign interests navigate the business culture and trends of post-Soviet Russia. Dean Takahashi of Venture Beat magazine wrote that Tribell has, "spent a couple of decades as an advisor trying to commercialize Russian-made technologies for the rest of the world." Tribell also partnered with Davidoff in order to develop the cigar market in Russia, becoming the importer of the cigars in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic countries. His projects with Davidoff have included the conceptualization and design of the Davidoff Malaya Bronnaya boutique in Moscow.
Digital Capital Corporation
In 2011, Tribell and Stewart Kosoy co-founded Digital Capital Corporation in Switzerland. Digital Capital Corporation invests private equity with a focus on funding video games, software, and digital downloads.
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