Viktor Rashnikov, Russian billionaire: biography, family, fortune. Work and its stages

Olga Zinovieva

First Deputy CEO, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Interros

Billionaire: Vladimir Potanin (No. 1 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1971

Education: Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov

Career: Olga Zinovieva worked at the Bank of Russia since 1991, and then moved to MasterFoods (the Russian division of Mars). She graduated from courses at the London School of Economics, in 1997 she was appointed financial director of the Russian representative office of the insurance group AIG. At the beginning of the 2000s, together with businessman Boris Jordan, she tried for several years to establish the financial economy of the NTV channel. Her departure from the TV channel coincided with the arrival new team Nikolai Senkevich, who seriously changed the information agenda. Zinovieva went to work in the financial department of Basel, billionaire Oleg Deripaska, where she oversaw Soyuz Bank, Ingosstrakh and other assets. Zinoviev dealt with the debt of Rusal, which at the height of the crisis of 2008-2009 amounted to about $14 billion. The big surprise was her transfer in 2009 to the camp of a competitor, Vladimir Potanin's Interros: Deripaska and Potanin then fought for control in Norilsk Nickel and were openly hostile.

Detail: He has extensive experience of participating in corporate wars, in particular in Ingosstrakh, where Oleg Deripaska was opposed by the PPF group of the Czech billionaire Petr Kellner.

Irina Matveeva

Member of the Board, Financial Director of Renova Group

Billionaire: Viktor Vekselberg (No. 4 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1973

Education: Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics

Career: Already at the start of her career, Matveeva often found herself on leadership positions— in the financial block of the telecommunications companies Comstar-UTS and MGTS. Although she started in 1997 as a senior economist at the MTU-Inform Internet company. Her work in the telecom sector ended in 2010. Then AFK Sistema gathered a group of assets into a united holding Sistema Telecom (it included MGTS, MTS, MTU-Inform, MTU-Intel, Comstar, etc.). When the merger began, Matveeva left her position as vice president for economics and finance at Comstar to become the financial director of the Renova group. She joined the board of the group and took key positions in the companies of Viktor Vekselberg, in particular, she headed the board of directors of Metkombank.

Detail: Irina Matveeva represents Renova on the board of directors of the "bank of billionaires" - IFC. In addition to Matveeva and Vekselberg himself, Evraz shareholder Alexander Abramov, the founder of the Onexim group Mikhail Prokhorov, and the general director of Russian Technologies Sergey Chemezov, along with his wife Ekaterina Ignatova, work on the board.

Olga Plaksina

Chairman of the Board of IFD "Capital"

Billionaires: Vagit Alekperov and Leonid Fedun (No. 36, No. 19 in the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1974

Education: State Academy of Management, University of Utah Business School, USA

Career: In her second year of study at the Academy of Management, Plaksina became a member of a student exchange program with US universities. But her career took shape in Russia. For the first nine years, Plaksina worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Coopers & Lybrand), where she rose to the position of Senior Services Manager. financial companies. Without waiting a few months before receiving the position of a partner, she moved to the IFD Capital group with other employees. Then this structure was only created on the basis of Lukoil's financial assets. A few years later, Plaksina led the group. He is also a member of the board of directors of the FC Otkritie holding, is engaged in projects of the Panatlantic Group, which produces deep-sea oil in third world countries. She turned out to be one of the defendants in the scandal around the Russian Media Group, signing a letter with a proposal to create a “patriotic” holding on the basis of the radio station.

Detail: Plaksina is the “godmother” of the 228-meter drilling vessel Olympia. She broke a bottle of champagne on its side when it was first launched.

Elena Barbasheva

Financial Director of Onexim

Billionaire: Mikhail Prokhorov (No. 10 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1966

Education: Moscow State Financial Institute

Career: Barbasheva studied at the institute together with the future billionaire and Forbes list member Mikhail Prokhorov, but did not start working with him right away. In 1988 she worked for tax office, then moved to the structures of Interros and Onexim Bank Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin. Then Barbasheva worked in a joint company of billionaires KM Invest (this company had large assets businessmen). In 2007, she participated in the operation to divide the property of Prokhorov and Potanin, then they divided the shares of Norilsk Nickel, Polyus Gold and Open investment". Part of the assets of billionaires was formally registered with Barbasheva and her employees. As a result of the “divorce”, Barbasheva moved to Onexim, where she is responsible for structuring transactions for Prokhorov.

Detail: The ex-husband of Elena Barbasheva, Sergei Barbashev, holds the position of chairman of the board of Interros.

Irina Panchenko

Millhouse CFO

Billionaire: Roman Abramovich (No. 12 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1968

Education: Moscow Institute National economy them. G. V. Plekhanova

Career: Panchenko is included in the closest professional circle of Roman Abramovich. She started as an accountant - from the age of 17 she worked in the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR. Then she was attracted to work in the oil industry. In 1994, Panchenko became the chief accountant of the Russian branch of the Swiss company Glencore International. Then she became the chief accountant and financial director of Sibneft, since 2001 she worked in Abramovich's team in Chukotka - deputy governor and deputy chairman of the government for financial, economic and property issues of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Panchenko played a major role in the development economic strategy development of the district, controlled the receipt and expenditure of finance. In December 2003, she went to work in the State Duma, but then, following Abramovich, she left work for the state. Irina Panchenko is one of the people in Abramovich's team whom he trusts the most: these people manage his trusts and children's inheritance. She knows how to keep secrets and, as her acquaintances say, is not too talkative.

Detail: In 2011, Panchenko testified in London's High Court about payments of hundreds of millions of dollars by Abramovich to businessman Boris Berezovsky and his partner Badri Patarkatsishvili. Abramovich managed to win that trial.

Gulzhan Moldazhanova

CEO of Basic Element

Billionaire: Oleg Deripaska (No. 17 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1966

Education: Kazakh State University, Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Career: A huge role in the career of Gulzhan Moldazhanova was played by scientific work at Moscow State University, during which she met Oleg Deripaska. Subsequently, in 1995, she got a job at his company Aluminprodukt as a secretary with a salary of $200, but two weeks later she was appointed assistant financial director. Between 1995 and 1999, she held various positions - accountant, financial manager, commercial director of the Siberian Aluminum company - and became the right hand of Oleg Deripaska, heading the Bazel holding in 2005.

The economic crisis, however, forced the owner of Bazel to change his plans, in 2009 he himself became the general director of the holding. In the same year, Moldazhanova went to work at Grigory Berezkin's ESN Corporation, where she became the general director. In 2012, she returned to her previous position at Basic Element.

Detail: Until 1998, Moldazhanova did not have a Moscow residence permit, and she was afraid of the capital's policemen.

Olga Rashnikova

Financial Director of Magnitogorsk metallurgical plant(MMK)

Billionaire: Viktor Rashnikov (No. 30 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1977

Education:

Franklin College (Switzerland), State University of Management

Career: Metallurgist Viktor Rashnikov's daughter began working at MMK in 2005 as a senior manager of the economy department. In 2011, Rashnikova was appointed director of finance, a year later she joined the board of directors of the plant. In 2014, Rashnikov told the Business of Russia magazine that he could not help but rejoice at the success of his daughters and the fact that they have matured as individuals. The eldest daughter, Tatyana Rakhno, according to the entrepreneur, "is successfully doing business." And Olga "is really her professional knowledge I decided to dedicate it to the plant.” “I hope her knowledge and experience, modern approach to management will make a concrete contribution to further development plant," Rashnikov said.

Detail: In addition to Olga Rashnikova to the council MMK directors enters Zumrud Rustamova, wife of Arkady Dvorkovich, deputy chairman of the government.

Anastasia Galochkina

Managing Director, Nafta Moscow

Billionaire:

Suleiman Kerimov (No. 31 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1977

Education: National research university electronic engineering

Career: Galochkina, like many other close billionaires, began work in 2001 in tax consulting at the Big Four company Ernst & Young. In early 2004, she changed her position as a senior tax consultant to work for the Swedish investment company Vostok Nafta Investment. Subsequently, she began working at Nafta Moskva Suleiman Kerimov. Galochkina was nominated by Wandle Holdings, associated with the Kerimov fund, to the boards of directors of companies controlled by the billionaire. Among them, for example, Polyus Gold is the largest gold producer in Russia.

Detail: Galochkina has to participate in the protection of Kerimov's assets from legal claims and arrests. Since the end of 2010, former State Duma deputy Ashot Yeghiazaryan has been suing Kerimov, who accuses him of seizing a stake in the Moskva Hotel (next to Red Square). Yeghiazaryan estimates the damage at $2 billion.

Tatyana Evtushenkova

Managing Director of Redline Capital

Billionaire: Vladimir Yevtushenkov (No. 35 on the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1976

Education: Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Career: In the late 1990s, Tatyana Yevtushenkova, together with her brother Felix, began working in the structures of her father, Vladimir Yevtushenkov. For example, in the Sistema Telecom holding, which manages the telecommunications business of AFK Sistema. In the early 2000s, she became vice president for strategy and development of MTS, then moved to the position of presidential adviser and joined the board of directors of MTS. In the fall of 2008, she was appointed to the post of adviser to the chairman of the board of Sberbank. Recently, she managed the London office of the Redline Capital investment company, in which the structures of Vladimir Yevtushenkov invested about € 100 million. The company invests in 15 companies, including the British Iwoca, which provides short-term Internet loans up to £50,000 for small and medium-sized businesses, the Israeli software distributor Ironsource, and the Irish company with Russian roots Innalabs, which produces navigation equipment for ships and aircraft. In 2014, the company bought shares in MCW Energy Ltd., which uses sustainable technology to extract oil from oil sands in Utah (USA).

Detail: Tatyana Yevtushenkova is fond of Kabbalah.

Marina Grönberg

CEO of A&NN Management Company

Billionaire: Alexander Mamut (No. 36 in the list of the richest)

Year of birth: 1972

Education: Moscow State Law Academy, Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov

Career: Grönberg met Mamut when she came to work in the credit department of the bank "Company for project finance"(In 1993, Mamut was the chairman of the board of the bank). Subsequently, Grönberg represented Mamut's interests in the management of banks and companies. She was a member of the board of directors of the Waterstones bookstore chain, Hachette-Atticus publishing house, MigCredit company, Marenco Swiss Helicopter manufacturer, SPAR-Retail, PIK group of companies. Grönberg also works in the management of Mamut's investment structures - A&NN Capital Management Fund, A&NN (Schweiz). Not so long ago, she helped to register Mamut's property for his children - Nikolai, Peter and Esther. For example, the heirs of Mamut received shares in the precious metals manufacturer Polymetal. Grönberg is on the board of directors of this company.

Detail: Marina Grönberg is President charitable foundation them. Hope Brezhneva.

The more famous the writer becomes known in Russia, the more requests about his family life on the Internet. At 49 years old, the swarm still looks quite nice, is wealthy, knows how to tell jokes ..

It is written on the Internet, and he himself said that he was married twice, the first time almost from school, lived for 11 years and fell in love with another, 18-year-old beauty, while water skiing ... He married, lived in Switzerland 11 years old, divorced. It was also mentioned in a couple of interviews that he was once allegedly a millionaire, but after a divorce from his wife he became poor, that upon returning to Russia (until he was a famous writer) he had to write scripts for militants, such as "Brigade" and texts for "Comedy Club", when they had just begun their activities on the screen. So all the first jokes were practically "from Roy".

He carefully hides many facts from his biography. For example, he does not like to talk about boarding school childhood, the absence of a father. It was unclear how former director Orphanage suddenly changed his profession and went to live in Switzerland, ostensibly for work. There is no information on the request "Roy's Wife", in response, the Internet writes that the data is hidden upon request from the owner, it only gives out pictures with the third, unofficial common-law wife Maria.

Therefore, all information is hidden on the Internet about his wife. But if you know how to search, everything is in sight. :)

So, the first wife Marina, with whom he was friends from school.
In this marriage, the son Zhenya was born, who died very early, in 2008, from the indifference of people, fell out of the window while decorating the Christmas tree. No one approached him or called an ambulance.
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The second wife is Olga. As Roy said in an interview:"On Lake Bannoye - there is one near Magnitogorsk. According to legend, before one of the decisive battles, Emelyan Pugachev bathed his army there. I had a boat, an ordinary punt, which dragged me around the lake on water skis. And what was water skiing in those years "You sit up to your neck in the water, holding on to the halyard of an antediluvian rope, waiting for the boat to pick up speed and push you to the surface. That time I was sitting like that. Someone's boat swam up to me, I looked up and saw that on I was watched by a real deity who asked if I could teach her how to ski? I studied all day, held the deity by the waist and, if it were not for the life jacket, I would have drowned in the Bath Lake from feelings surging over me. That's how I found out what it is love.I returned home and, like a decent person, told everything to Marina.

-Fell in love - and immediately report to his wife ?! Did you have no connections on the side in all the years of your first marriage? Of course they were! But Marina, like a smart girl, turned a blind eye to this. In Russia, there are two professions that provoke a man to cheat. Doctors and teachers. The team, attributes of relationships simply oblige to start an affair. You don't realize what's going on until you suddenly find yourself under someone's blanket. - You explained with Marina - and what? - I took my sports bag and left the house. For more than a month he lived in his jeep. Comfortable! Park for the night wherever you want. But most often I spent the night under the windows of Olya's apartment. Then Olya's mother ordered me to settle in her apartment. I love my mother-in-laws! They are like a stone wall that protects from everything. Both did not have sons, so both held my status as a man in the house high.

- But why didn't they save the marriage with the "deity"?

But because at some point he imagined himself to be God.

And there was not enough worldly wisdom to descend to Earth in order to save the father's children?

It was too late. Women are not made of cement, concrete and steel. They are made of porcelain and glass and cannot be restored.

Where does your second family live now?

Between Magnitogorsk and Switzerland. Our children - Lelya and Vityushka - were born there. Olga and I left for Locarno in the 1990s, when I was invited to work for the well-known Swiss company Sitko, which had contracts with the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Swiss needed a person who knew both literary Russian and the language of the Russian gateway - it is our most effective form of communication. And I love mat. So I owned both. Yes, and English. When we broke up, Olya got married again, gave birth to a wonderful Andryushka, who says that he has two dads - dad Ilya and dad Oleg.
The second wife is the daughter of Viktor Rashnikov, a well-known billionaire in Magnitogorsk. Today he has more than 6 billion in a stash, so Roy did not make up that he was a billionaire. Roy's children are provided for the rest of their lives, they have an excellent education, for example, English they know from the cradle - the nanny spoke only this language.

Olga Rashnikova heads the Metallurgical Plant (Viktor Rashnikov is practically the owner of this plant), and even has a bread-baking business with her sister, they even bake social bread for pensioners at a reduced price.

She married Ilya Melnikov again, gave birth to another daughter from him. There is a suspicion that she got divorced, because in 2011 Ilya Melnikov was removed from the post of director of the MMK Trading House (which also belongs to Rashnikov) and he left for Moscow, works in one large company.

Oleg Roy's daughter is almost 15 years old, but it is already clear that she has adopted the beauty of the Rashnikov family, and from Roy she got long legs and beautiful lips. So in a few years we will have another enviable beautiful and rich bride in our country.

Son Victor, who was named after his grandfather, is now about 12 years old.

Viktor Filippovich Rashnikov- Russian businessman, metallurgist, billionaire, head of PJSC "Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works". He also has scientific titles: a doctorate in technical sciences, the title of an honorary professor at MISiS, an academician of the Russian Academy of Quality Problems.

The beginning of the journey and study

Viktor Rashnikov was born October 13, 1948 in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region. The family was working, his father worked at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK). No more information about the family of the future oligarch and his childhood years is known. This billionaire is the most secretive about his start. life path. Almost all of his biographies begin from the moment Rashnikov received a diploma of higher education, and previous life industrialist is shrouded in a veil of secrecy.

However, before receiving higher education Victor Rashnikov purchased vocational education in an industrial technical school, in the department of mechanics. He graduated from it in 1967 (according to other sources - in 1968) and immediately began labor activity: went to work as a fitter in a sheet-rolling shop. According to other sources, his first job was as a mechanic in a workshop that repaired metallurgical equipment. Rashnikov worked there until 1970. At the same time, he continued his studies: back in 1967 he entered the evening department of the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute named after G. Nosov, after a while he changed the department to a day one. Higher educational institution was completed in 1974, together with a diploma in metal forming.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMK VictorRashnikov

Years later, Viktor Rashnikov will return to his university to defend two dissertations - first a candidate's, then a doctor's. The themes of both were to improve the qualities of steel capable of being competitive. In addition, he decided to get another higher education - economics. His new specialty sounds like "organization of production management." Thus, it was important for a businessman to master not only purely technical features their activities, but also be able to competently manage their own business and people in it.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC MMK Viktor Rashnikov

Work and its stages

Having started working in 1967 as a simple repairman at the plant, Viktor Rashnikov did not stay long in this position. His abilities quickly manifested themselves and allowed him to rapidly climb up career ladder. The following positions became her next steps:

• 1974 - a young repairman became the operator of a sheet rolling shop.
• 1974-1980 - Victor works in various workshops (crimping, rolling, etc.) and manages to be both a shift supervisor and a team leader.
• 1983 - becomes the head of the rolling shop, while knowing exactly all the work of the enterprise not by hearsay, but by own experience, from inside.
• 1983-1985 - works as a deputy head production department the entire plant.
• 1986 - becomes the head of the production department.
• 1986-1990 - Deputy Chief Engineer. In this position, Rashnikov combined two important activities: he had to manage production and at the same time organize the supply of products.
• 1990 - Viktor Rashnikov becomes the first deputy general director of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. In modern terms, he tried on the role of a top manager.
• 1991-1992 - the future billionaire works as the chief engineer of Magnitogorsk.
• 1997 is a turning point in the life of Viktor Rashnikov. His career, which has been going up steeply before, is making an even more impressive leap. First, Viktor Filippovich is appointed acting general director, and soon the shareholders of the enterprise hold a meeting and decide to hire such an executive and talented employee for main position- CEO. At the same time, Rashnikov is on the board of directors.

The promotion of the future oligarch to such a responsible post was facilitated by the company "Prime Leasing", which carried out the satisfaction of the interests of the Trans World Group. During his work, he proved himself to be a very effective manager and entrepreneur. This was especially pronounced during the crisis, when even at the most difficult time, Rashnikov was able to take an impressive cash loan from German partners and did not allow production to stop in conditions in which any other enterprise would inevitably go bankrupt and close. Moreover, in 2002 Magnitogorsk even managed to exceed its usual, pre-crisis level of output by six percent.

In addition to MMK, Viktor Rashnikov also acted in other large organizations. Since 1999, he has become a member of the board of directors of such giants as, for example, OJSC Credit Ural Bank, "Inkombank", "Russian Metallurgical Company", "Russian bread". The total value of enterprises controlled by Viktor Filippovich amounted to one and a half billion dollars.

Political activity

In addition to business, Viktor Rashnikov was also involved in politics. The first step on this path was the election to the legislative assembly in the Chelyabinsk region. Then his re-election to this post became permanent and continuous. In 1998, our hero joined the Fatherland party, headed by and.

According to unconfirmed reports, Viktor Rashnikov was confidant candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2000. In 2003, Rashnikov passes the results of the elections to the State Duma, but unexpectedly for everyone, the unforeseen happens - he refuses the mandate and seat in the Duma. The reasons for this decision are still unknown. However, Rashnikov does not leave the political arena and already in 2007 participates in the parliamentary elections in second place on the list of members of the United Russia party in the Chelyabinsk region.

Concerning political activity concerning metallurgy, here Viktor Filippovich also took an outstanding place. Back in 1997, he was appointed president of the regional Chelyabinsk Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Since 2000, he has been a member of the board of the coordinating council Russian manufacturers. In 2009, he became a member of the government commission that develops the metallurgical industry, where he works under the supervision of. This is close to Rashnikov himself, given his previous activities, and very important for the country's economy as a whole, given that metals are an essential part of import substitution in Russia.

Scandals

The first big scandal associated with the name of Viktor Rashnikov occurred in 1997. Then the former director of Magnitogorsk, Anatoly Starikov, wanted to take out a loan to keep the plant afloat, and Rashnikov and his business comrades presented this to shareholders as an extremely unprofitable and dangerous decision for MMK. This led to the replacement of Starikov in his position by Rashnikov. On this moment the plant depends on thirty-nine intermediaries - firms with which Viktor Filippovich and his partners decided to cooperate. Such a corruption scheme is attributed to our hero.

Also, a lot of noise arose because of the auction in 2005, which sold the state-owned stake in Magnitogorsk. Rashnikov, who was interested in buying these shares, carried out his intention through third parties.

Three apartments for the daughter of the oligarch, Olga, also caused a public outcry. One after another, the girl got three properties in Magnitogorsk. But the most remarkable thing is that this happened as a result of an exchange for apartments on Tverskaya in Moscow. Of course, housing prices in the capital and provincial Magnitogorsk cannot be the same, on the contrary, the difference in their cost is huge. Rumor has it that the Rashnikovs paid this difference out of their own money.

Among others, the most high-profile scandals one can also name the discrepancy between the real price of Viktor Filippovich's house on Rublevsky Highway and the amount that the oligarch paid for it; and reduction from work at the combine holders of Magnitogorsk shares; and a partnership with Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obian Nguema Mbasogo, considered the most corrupt man in Africa.

Vladimir Putin and Viktor Rashnikovat the launch of the Cold Rolling Mill 2000 complex

Family and family business

Together with his wife Tatyana Kuzmina, Viktor Rashnikov raised two daughters. The eldest was named after her mother Tatyana, the youngest - Olga. The oligarch is also a grandfather: he has a grandson named after him and two granddaughters. Both daughters work at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the youngest, Olga, has been a member of the board of directors of this enterprise since 2012. Her colleagues and subordinates characterize her as a pleasant and positive person and partner.

Olga's personality is little known to the press and the general public. The reliable fact is that in Russia she studied at an unremarkable school, but she received her higher education in Switzerland, becoming a bachelor of economics there. After returning home, she continued her studies at the State University of Management on Executive MBA courses. The young woman is fluent in three languages ​​and is not included in the circle of Russian party girls. Olga has three children, in whom she brings up a craving for knowledge, for which she hired a foreign nanny for them.

Gennady Velichkin and Viktor Rashnikov

Despite such successes of his daughters, Viktor Rashnikov does not want to hand over the reins of government to any of them. Although they occupy important places in the metallurgical business, a man should lead everything, their tycoon father believes. This position of Rashnikov is explained by his words that, being in a leadership position, a woman will forget that her main area of ​​\u200b\u200bactivity is the family. According to Viktor Fillipovich, a woman in any case should remain the keeper of the hearth, and metallurgy is a truly masculine field of activity.

The state of the oligarch

Victor Rashnikov, whose age is approaching the 70 mark, ranks fourteenth among the richest people in Russia. In 2011, he occupied the eleventh position in such a list. In the world list of billionaires Forbes he currently belongs to one hundred and fifty-sixth place, in 2011 Rashnikov was seventieth on this list. In 2017, the personal fortune of the oligarch was estimated at $8.3 billion. At the same time, the income of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works proper was about six billion dollars.

Rashnikov now

Victor Rashnikov continues to lead the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. Among his most significant achievements in recent years is joining the concern Turkish factory Metalurji, which is engaged in cold rolling of metals, and an agreement between Magnitka and Gazprom on the supply of pipes.

The businessman is fond of sports - mountain and water skiing. In order to freely indulge in his favorite pastime, he built his own ski base with artificial snow on the territory of MMK. She enjoys relaxing and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. Rashnikov is also the president of the hockey club "Metallurgist" for more than twenty years and provides all kinds of support both to his club and to Russian sports in general. So, the oligarch helps build a hockey stadium equipped with a training rink.

Metallurg President Viktor Rashnikov

Rashnikov is also a yachtsman. He owns a ship called Ocean Victory. 140 m long, equipped with seven decks, an elevator, a helipad and a garage for sailboats. The hull is made of steel, the yacht develops a speed of 35 m / h and is environmentally friendly: it throws much less fuel waste into the water than other similar vessels.

The oligarch tries himself as a scientist in metallurgical science. He wrote about a hundred works in which he laid out his thoughts on improving the technology of rolled metal. In 2001 and 2002, he received awards for his scientific developments. In 2000, Rashnikov received the Peter the Great Prize "For Contribution to the Russian Economy". In addition, the oligarch bears the title of honorary citizen of Magnitogorsk and the Chelyabinsk region.

In 1974 he graduated from the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute with a degree in metal forming, in 1994 he received a second diploma in the specialty "Organization of Production Management".

The richest people in the world are a special caste of the planet's population, which lives at some distance from the rest of the people. Russian billionaires were no exception in this matter, whose wealth, according to experts, reaches colossal values, thanks to which the rich of Russia are included in the elite club of world business in terms of their income. In principle, this fact is not surprising, since Russian Federation renowned for its natural wealth and high level intellectual development specialists in various industrial and not only areas.

This article will discuss one of the representatives of the Russian establishment, whose name is Viktor Rashnikov. It is worth taking a closer look at his person, because it is largely thanks to this person that Russian metallurgy survived the default of 1998, the year and the current sanctions by the European Union and the United States of America with minimal losses. Of course, people like Viktor Filippovich are always in the spotlight and do not always have a crystal clear reputation, but we will only touch on the main milestones of his biography, leaving various speculations and rumors at the mercy of other people.

Brief biographical excursion

The future modern billionaire was born on October 13, 1948 in the city of Magnitogorsk. In 1974, he defended his degree in engineering (specialty - "metal forming"). The native university for Rashnikov was the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute. In 1994, Victor became the owner of a second higher education. His specialty was "organization of production management."

In 1996, Viktor Filippovich was awarded the title of Candidate of Sciences for his scientific report on the topic "Improving the end-to-end technology for the production of rolled products in order to improve product quality." The businessman also became a doctor of technical sciences, having defended a thesis, which was devoted to the effective improvement of the “steel - rolled metal products” system in order to obtain a rolled profile with a high degree of competitiveness as a result.

Production activity

Rashnikov began his glorious career in 1967, when he came to the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works as an ordinary repairman. His first job was the repair shop for metallurgical equipment No. 2.

In 1974, Viktor Filippovich took the post of operator of sheet-rolling shop No. 5. Subsequently, he also worked as the head of the team for the delivery of hot metal in the swaging shop, adjusting master, and led the shift of rolling shop No. 9.

In 1970-83, Rashnikov was the head of workshop No. 9. And from 1983 to 1985, he worked as deputy head of the production department of the entire plant. In 1985, Viktor was for some time the head of the section rolling shop.

Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich was the head of the production department of the enterprise from 1985 to 1986, after which he held the position of deputy chief engineer of the plant for four years, in charge of production and supply of products.

Rashnikov became the first deputy general director of the metallurgical plant in 1990, and from 1991 to 1992 he worked as chief engineer.

OJSC "MMK" Viktor Filippovich headed in 1997 and was the first person of the enterprise until 2005. By the way, he got to this post thanks to the recommendation of Prime-Leasing.

The billionaire was also a member of the board of directors of OAO Central Company FPG Magnitogorsk Steel and several banks.

Since 2006, he has been the head of LLC " Management Company MMK.

It is also worth noting that already in 1999 Rashnikov also controlled the Russian metallurgical company”, “Yuzhuralavtoban”, “Russian bread” and several other enterprises, which were estimated in total at about one and a half billion dollars.

An effective crisis manager

An important point: in 1998, Viktor Rashnikov, being the head of MMK, agreed with the Germans on obtaining a fairly large loan, but obtaining it became much more complicated due to the August default of the Russian economy. But still, for the sake of justice, it is worth saying that it was Rashnikov who contributed to stopping the decline in production, and by 2002, production volumes were increased by 65%.

Political life

In 1994, Viktor Filippovich Rashnikov was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of his native Chelyabinsk region. Over time, he was successfully re-elected there more than once.

At the end of 1998, he became one of the key figures in the Fatherland party, which was then headed by Yevgeny Primakov and

In 2000, Viktor Filippovich was Putin's confidant during the election campaign for the post of President of the Russian Federation.

In 2003, Rashnikov was elected to the State Duma, but for unclear reasons, he resigned his mandate. He also took part in the 2007 parliamentary race, where he was second in the list of United Russia members in the Chelyabinsk region. He worked in the committee on industry, transport, fuel, energy and communications.

Rashnikov took the post of president of the Union of Industrialists, Entrepreneurs of the Chelyabinsk Region in 1997, and three years later he became a member of the board of the coordinating council of domestic manufacturers.

In 2009, Viktor began working in the government commission for the development of the metallurgical industry, which he headed

Family status

Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich, whose family is quite large, is married a second time. The real wife of a businessman is Tatyana Kuzmina. From his first marriage, Victor has two daughters, he also has two granddaughters and two grandchildren. There is information that the oligarch's younger brother headed a company that supplied black scrap to a metallurgical plant.

Hobby

Viktor Rashnikov is an ardent fan of mountain and water skiing. Some sources say that it was thanks to him that a ski slope covered with artificial snow was built near Magnitogorsk. Viktor Filippovich also reveres hockey very much. For almost 20 years he has been the head of a hockey club called Metallurg.

Deal

In the early 2000s, Rashnikov gave 150 million US dollars to Chigirinsky in order to enter into a share in the construction of the newest Rossiya hotel complex. But already in 2013, Victor was paid a penalty from the government of the capital in the form of the Renaissance Hotel for disrupting the project. The oligarch immediately sold the building, and, according to some financial experts, also for $150 million.

Support for your child

In 2009, Viktor Rashnikov ("MMK" - an enterprise that he owns almost completely) made a rather non-standard decision: he completely refused his dividends in the amount of 1.86 billion rubles. The head considered that these funds should be directed to support and various needs of the enterprise.

Scandals

Viktor Rashnikov, whose biography is full of various events, has repeatedly fallen into the epicenter of scandals. So, the billionaire was charged with creating a corruption scheme, which consisted of working with 39 intermediary firms at low export prices. At the same time, the founders of these firms were either Rashnikov himself, or his close associates. Also, Viktor Filippovich managed to arrange the supply of coal to the plant at an inflated cost from Kuzbass. laundering Money took place with the help of Moscow banks and representative offices of foreign firms. It should be said that all this information does not have any serious documentary evidence and no litigation has been conducted in this regard.

In 2014, Rashnikov actively supported the then governor, and now the current head of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky. As such, there was no scandal in this situation, but local oppositionists and the public were quite reasonably worried that Dubrovsky would become an active lobbyist for Rashnikov's financial interests. And all because the governor before being elected to the post all his life was under the wing of Viktor Filippovich at the metallurgical plant. There were rumors that the oligarch not only poured money into Dubrovsky's election campaign, but also paid for the very expensive leisure of his protégé. It was known that Dubrovsky had a rest in the most expensive hotels on the planet, including the only seven-star Burj al Arab. In this regard, it became obvious to many that money from the treasury of the region could begin to flow into structures owned by Rashnikov.

Robbery

On the Day of the Metallurgist, which fell on July 15 in 2016, an extremely unpleasant surprise awaited Viktor Rashnikov - his house was robbed. According to operational data, in the midst of the holiday, unknown persons entered the cottage of the head of the plant and took out all the valuables and a rather large sum of money from there. At the moment, the security forces are investigating how the attackers managed to get into a fairly well-guarded area.

Yachtsman

Viktor Rashnikov, whose yacht, according to 2015 data, was one of the largest in the world, is true to himself: he approached the purchase of the vessel with all responsibility, as well as any other issue.

The yacht called Ocean Victory has a length of 140 meters. She left the shipyard in Italy in 2014. The design of the yacht was developed by Espen Oino, while the interior was handled by Alberto Pinto.

The vessel is equipped with a steel hull. The number of decks is seven. There are also six pools, each of which is up to eight meters long. There is also a helipad with a beach club. For a pleasant stay there is a SPA-zone. Ease of movement between decks provides an elevator. In addition, the yacht is equipped with a garage for a fourteen-meter sailing vessel.

Viktor Filippovich's yacht can reach speeds of 19 knots per hour (approximately 35 km/h). During the development and construction, the creators paid attention to its environmental friendliness, using the most modern technologies and development. Engineers made sure that the ship minimized harmful emissions of harmful substances and elements.

Degree of wealth

Viktor Rashnikov, whose fortune today is about 3.8 billion dollars, was able to rise from thirtieth to twenty-third place in the ranking of the most in a year. with $14.4 billion in assets. In general, Russian billionaires, as before, can boast high income and great fortunes.

family business

In 2012, Rashnikov's daughter, Olga, joined the board of directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. This lady is quite closed to society. Various means The media quite often get confused about her personal details. It is only known for certain that she was born in 1977 and has three children.

Initially, the oligarch's daughter studied at a simple Magnitogorsk school, but after that she continued her studies in Switzerland, where she was able to become a bachelor of economics. After that, the girl continued to learn science in Moscow, having attended Executive MBA courses at the State University management. According to some reports, Olga owns three apartments, but this fact has not been confirmed.

Olga Viktorovna was not seen at various get-togethers of the children of wealthy Russians, either at home or abroad. In addition, even in her native Magnitogorsk, she is rarely seen in public.

According to people who know Victor Rashnikov's daughter closely, she has a rather narrow social circle and practically does not lead a social life. At the same time, it is noted that she is very pleasant in conversation, does not abuse jewelry and jewelry, and dresses very elegantly and elegantly. He treats subordinates very strictly, but does not cross the line of reason. Olga is also fluent in three languages. foreign languages and also teaches his children to knowledge. For this purpose, a professional nanny was called from abroad.

Rashnikov himself claims that he is not against the participation of both of his daughters in the metallurgical business. However, he does not represent any of them at the helm of a metallurgical enterprise, because this industry is an exclusively male prerogative, which takes a lot of time and effort, and a woman is still the keeper of the family hearth and must pay serious attention to the family.

today

Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich ("Forbes" rightly classifies him as the richest people Russia) in May 2016 was once again re-elected to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. Recall that the revenue of this enterprise for last year amounted to almost 6 billion US dollars.

Earlier this year, Rashnikov said that hot-rolled production at MMK's existing plant in Turkey could be launched only after confirmation of the economic feasibility of this event. So far, only the cold rolling shop is operating at Metalurji.

Also, from the achievements of Rashnikov, it can be noted that this year an agreement was signed between Magnitogorsk and Gazprom for the supply of pipes.

In addition, being the head of the Metallurg hockey club, Viktor Filippovich openly declared that he was ready to help the Russian Ice Hockey Federation in the construction of the newest hockey stadium in the Urals. In particular, he said that the plans include the construction of a training rink close to the existing ice arena.

Awards

• Viktor Filippovich has a medal "For Labor Valour". He also has the Order of Merit and Honor to his credit.
• In the summer of 2002, Rashnikov was thanked on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.
• As part of the award Peter the Great in 2000, Victor received the title of laureate "For his great contribution to the development of the Russian economy."
• In 2001, he was awarded for the increase in production and the high quality of steel produced in the oxygen converter shop.
• In 2002, he was awarded the prize for technological re-equipment of the energy sector based on energy-saving technologies, and also received the Kosygin Prize.