Elon Musk's Twitter bid leans on financier linked to Russian tycoon

Alexander Tamas has a history of connecting himself to big investors. Before setting up Vy Capital, he worked closely with billionaire Yuri Milner, he now appears to be cultivating links to Elon Musk.

Elon Musk's bid for Twitter Inc., which has been upended by the billionaire's threat to walk away, attracted a bevy of big-name backers and Silicon Valley mainstays. There were some notable exceptions.

High on that list is a Dubai-based investment firm whose assets have surged to more than $5 billion under its secretive founder Alexander Tamas, according to regulatory filings and people familiar with the matter. Vy Capital -- whose main website consists of one page, with no address and no contact details -- has committed $700 million to finance Musk's