Russian Billionaire Vekselberg's Non-Oil Endeavor: Raising Funds For A California State Park

Oil and metals magnate Viktor Vekselberg set aside business Thursday night to raise funds for, of all things, a California state park. The Russian billionaire told attendees at a black tie event at San Francisco’s elegant City Hall rotunda that the park, Fort Ross, holds a special place in his heart because it was established by Russians as a settlement 200 years ago -- the first European settlement on the West Coast. Vekselberg is on a mission to, as he said, “breathe a second life...