Photo and biography of Vagit Alekperov

The president of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov, whose biography is described in this article, is a Russian billionaire. He is on the list of the richest people in the world. Vagit Alekperov manages one of the largest oil companies in Russia - LUKOIL. This holding owns the championship in oil reserves and almost twenty-five percent of its production.

When Vagit Alekperov was born: biography

His family lived in Azerbaijan. There the future millionaire was born, in Baku, on September 1, 1950, in the village of Stepan Razin. Father Vagit worked in oil fields as a mere fitter and was a native of Azerbaijan. Mother, Tatyana Fedorovna, originally from Russia, was engaged in children and household. Father Vagit was a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and received many wounds, because of which he died in 1953, when his son was only three years old.

The family began a difficult time. Mother was left to raise one five children. Vagit was the youngest. Tatyana Fedorovna did not have a profession, and her pension was very small, her family lived in poverty. Neighbors and friends advised her to send the children to an orphanage. But she considered this step unacceptable. She worked on several works, often changed them, looking for more "money". Poverty began to recede when the older sisters Vagit, Zuleiha and Nelya grew up and began to work.

Vagit Alekperov, a biography (his nationality - an Azerbaijani) who could have developed differently, tried to play the violin. But this occupation did not find a response in his soul. He wanted to help the family and earn good money. I learned to swim and swam quite far, catching a lot of fish with the help of a drop. He did not have time for ordinary games of boys. Yes, and he had to grow up quickly, so children's entertainment did not interest him at all.

Education

After school, Vagit Alekperov, whose biography is the subject of this article, entered the Azerbaijan University of Petrochemistry for the specialty of "mining engineer". He graduated in the seventy-fourth year. Then he defended his doctoral dissertation. He wrote monographs on the integration of Russian oil companies.

Labor and political activity

Biography of Vagit Alekperov contains data that he began his career with a simple driller. Then he gradually and quickly ascended the career ladder to the director. He built for the workers normal houses, into which he moved them from barracks. For this he received the nickname Alec First.

First, from 1972 to 1974, he worked as an operator for the extraction of gas and oil in the company "Kaspmorneft". After graduation from 1974 to 1979, - senior engineer-technologist, then head of the shift, a master, a senior engineer and deputy head of the NGDU them. Serebrovsky Production Association "Kaspmorneft".

What is Vagit Alekperov's work biography? Following are its main stages:

• 1979 to 1980 - began to manage the oil field of NGDU "Fedorovskneft".
• 1980 to 1981 - was the chief of the Main Engineering Service in NGDU "Kholmogorneft."
• 1981 to 1983 - worked as the chief engineer of the NGDU "Lyantorneft" in the Tyumen region.
• 1983 to 1985 - headed NGDU Povkhneft.
• 1985 to 1987 - became the first deputy general director of PO "Bashneft" in Western Siberia, in the city of Kogalym.
• 1987 to 1990 - worked as general director of PO "Kogalymneftegaz".
• 1990 to 1991 - was deputy minister of gas and oil industry in the Soviet Union.
• 1991 to 1992 - worked as the first deputy minister in the same department.
• 1992 to 1993 - Alekperov Vagit Yusufovich, whose biography began with a simple driller, became president of the concern "LUKOIL".
• Since 1993, he is the President of Open Joint Stock Company "LUKOIL".
• In 2007, Vagit Alekperov became the founder of the Foundation for Regional Social Programs "Our Future". Since 2010, he is a member of the Skolkovo Council.

Development of own business

In the ninety-fifth year Vagit Alekperov was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors at Imperial Bank. And in the same year he joined the board of the Ministry of Energy and Fuel. Vagit Alekperov did not limit himself to the growth of his business only in Russia. He also developed it in Belarus.

As a result, he owns one of the largest oil traders that supplies, processes and exports oil. And Alekperov became the owner of a private network of gas stations and a joint venture for the manufacture of motor additives at Naftan.

Establishment of LUKOIL

The president of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov, whose biography is described in this article, was the youngest first deputy minister in the history of the department. At that time, he began to create an oil empire, having developed together with the head of the Ministry L. Filimonov a new scheme for integrating oil enterprises (VIOC). As a result, in 1991, LUKOIL was established in the Russian Federation. It included Langepasneftegaz and Uraineftegaz, as well as Perm and Volgograd refineries. So there was a concern. Its name consists of the first letters of the names of the cities of Langepas, Urai, Kogalym and the words "oil" (from English - "oil").

condition

According to the Forbes magazine, the state of Vagit Alekperov in the ninety-sixth year was estimated at $ 1.4 billion. The first time the millionaire's salary was made public in 2005. At that time, it was 1.5 million dollars a year with an annual bonus of 1.225 million. In the Forbes rating of 2009, Vagit Alekperov's fortune was estimated at 7.8 billion and he held the 57th place in Lists of the world's richest people. In 2010, he was already in the rankings in seventh place. His fortune was estimated at $ 10.6 billion.

Awards and achievements

Vagit Alekperov's biography contains information about several orders that the millionaire received:

• In 2005 "For Services to the Fatherland" of the fifth degree;
• In 2010, a similar award of the second degree (for the development of the oil and gas complex and conscientious long-term labor);
• "Friendship";
• "Badge of honor"
• "Glory" (for the development and strengthening of economic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan);
• "Madara Horseman" of the first degree (from Bulgaria);
• Rev. Sergius of Radonezh first, second and third degrees;
• St. Prince Daniel of Moscow first and second degrees.

In addition, Vagit Alekperov was awarded a medal for the development of the oil and gas complex in Western Siberia. Laureate of the national award of the Russian Federation "Business Olympus" and twice received the same title from the government of Russia. And Vagit Alekperov is a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences (RF) and a doctor of economic sciences.

Personal life

Biography of Vagit Alekperov reveals the secret of his personal life. The millionaire is married to Larissa Viktorovna. And they have been together for many years. The firstborn was born to them in the ninetieth year. They called their son Yusuf. When the heir grew, he continued the work of his father. And now it is successfully realizing itself in the oil industry. Vagit Alekperov tries to give as much free time as possible to his family. They love traveling, and Crimea is their favorite holiday destination.