Sergei Veremeenko: a long way to the first billion

Sergey Alekseyevich Veremeenko - one of the most famous businessmen of Russia. For some, he is the standard of a successful person, for others - an insensitive oligarch. However, both of them respect him for his boldness and unshakable life position.

And yet, what do we know about him? How did Sergei Veremeenko achieve his wealth? Who helped him, and who, on the contrary, hindered him? And what happens in his personal life?

Sergey Veremeenko: biography of early years

The future tycoon was born in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, which is in the Yaroslavl region. It happened on September 26, 1955. Almost all childhood Sergei spent in his hometown, where he graduated from high school.

But, having received the certificate, he went to study in Ufa. Here Sergey Veremeenko entered the Ufa Oil Institute, which he successfully graduated in 1978. In the column the specialty was the inscription: "Design and operation of oil pipelines, tank farms and gas storages". However, this level of knowledge for the future businessman seemed to be small. So he decided to go to graduate school, which for another three years made him a student of UNI.

After completing his studies for a while he worked in the laboratory of the institute, but soon realized that in this way you will not earn much. The meeting between Veremeenka and Sergei Pugachev, which happened in 1989, was fatal. Together they organized a common business for the manufacture and sale of labels.

In 1991, Pugachev registered the "Northern Trade Bank." As for Sergey Veremeenko, he becomes his partner and opens a branch of this organization in Moscow. A year later the branch is renamed into "International Industrial Bank". And in 2003 Sergey Alekseyevich Veremeenko became the managing director of this financial structure.

Alas, the friendship of the two businessmen did not last long. After Sergei Veremeenko put forward his candidacy for the post of president of the Republic of Bashkortostan, their relationship with Pugachev began to gradually deteriorate. And despite the fact that Veremeenko lost the elections, in late 2003, former comrades decided to split the business in half and rule them separately.

The way to the heights of glory

In 2004 Sergey Veremeenko became vice-president of the Russian Engineering Academy. He also takes over the management of the International Institute of Investment Projects and Construction Economics.

Having a good investment experience, Veremeenko invests her savings in the company "Russian Coal". Now it is one of the largest suppliers of combustible raw materials in the country, and our entrepreneur owns 25% of its shares.

Later, he started up his capital only in the most profitable investment. Thanks to this, he is now co-owner of many companies, which bring him multimillion-dollar profits. For example, he has a portion of the shares of such giants as "Estar" or "VILS".

Capital increase

Money earned on assets Veremeenko starts up to further increase its own profit. So, in the suburbs there is a whole village built thanks to its investment. It is called the "Water area of Istra."

Also Veremeenko is a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Tver Region. An interesting fact is that in the territory of this and two other areas, the oligarch has about 30 thousand hectares of land at the disposal of the oligarch. Such extensive possessions allowed Sergei Veremeenko to open two horse breeding, in which there are about 2 thousand tribal horses.

In 2008, Veremeenko was seen by Forbes magazine, and he was included in the top 100 richest people in Russia. At that time, his account was about $ 1.4 billion, which gave him 77th place in the ranking.

Family and personal life

Sergei Veremeenko was married three times. First wife Alla Gennadievna is his business partner and co-owner of the stake in Mezhprombank. As for the second marriage with Marina Smetanova, he gave the businessman a son Alexei. By the way, all the children have Sergei five, and, he said, he loves them all.

The third wife of the oligarch was a young model of Sofya Skaya. It is rumored that Veremeenko gave bribes to the jury, so that they helped his companion win the "Mrs. Peace 2006" contest. However, this has not been proved.

As for hobbies, Sergei loves hunting. Almost all his spare time he spends with a gun in the woods. He also collects old icons. For this purpose, he built a small museum, which everyone can visit. To do this, only need to come to the "Water area of Istra", where he is.