The surname of the Generalov already leaves some kind of imprint on its bearer. Among its owners in the history of Russia there are a retired major general, a deputy of the State Duma, and a colonel general of higher officer courses. From childhood, each of them was laid a minimum program - to justify their surname. This is the case when you like it or not, but involuntarily you will strive for the high rank of General of Generals. The biography of each of our heroes is a vivid proof of this.
Sergey Generalov, millionaire
State Duma deputy and oligarch Sergey Generalov began his career as a simple engineer, and today he is included in the Forbes Golden Hundred in Russia.
Life path
Generalov Sergey Vladimirovich was born in 1963 in the city of Simferopol. In 1980, he entered the Energy Institute in Moscow (MPEI) at the Faculty of Radio Engineering, which he graduated with excellent marks in 1986, and then became a master at the same institute. In 1992, he received a second higher education at the Ordzhonikidze Management School.
Career
He started his career as a simple engineer at the department at MPEI. Generalov worked at the institute until 1988, and in 1992-1993 he already held the post of deputy chairman of the Oil Bank.
In 1993, Generalov was the head of the Promradtekhbank department. In the same year, he became the chief financial officer of Yukos.
In Yukos, Sergei Vladimirovich also held the position of Senior Vice President for Securities. In 1997, he is on the board of Menatep Bank and is a member of the board of Rosprom-Yukos.
Generalov is considered one of the closest people to Khodorkovsky. And it is no coincidence that at the height of the crisis in 1998-1999, it was Sergei Vladimirovich who became the Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation.
In 1999, he was elected to the State Duma from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and remained so until 2003. At the same time, he was chairman of the permanent commission protecting the rights of investors.
By the mid-2000s, Generalov controlled coal and machine-building companies, the Russian Alcohol holding and sugar factories.
From 2003 to the present, Generalov is the chairman of the board of directors and president of the Industrial Investors companies, which includes Dexter air taxi (with a controlling stake), the Transas group (production and development of navigation equipment) and the bank " Marine".
From February 2009 to April 2012 Generalov - President of the Fesco transport group(owner of assets for transportation by road, sea and rail and cargo transshipment in port terminals).
Most expensive deals
In December 2012, Generalov sells his stake in Fesco (55.8%) to the Summa group, chaired by Ziyavudin Magomedov. The deal amounted to more than $1 billion.
From December 2011 to May 2012, he is the head of the board and president of FESCO, and then becomes chairman of the board of directors.
In November 2013, Generalov buys back from G. Timchenko, the head of the largest seismic company, 13% of the company's shares. A few months later, using the offer, he sells half of his packages for much more.
After the sale of his main source of income - the Fesco company, Generalov begins to develop aviation assets. His only son Anton becomes the head of the board of directors of ZAO Avia Management Group. And he began his career in January 2013 in the company as a deputy for general issues.
He has the title of honorary worker of the fuel and energy complex and transport of Russia. He loves skiing and diving. In the market, Sergey Vladimirovich is well known as a professional investor who knows how to sell assets at a high price. Employees of corporations do not call their boss General Generalov for nothing. His biography, full of life achievements, is a vivid confirmation of this. Usually, Sergey Vladimirovich enters assets for several years and sells them profitably, on which he made his fortune (in 2014, according to Forbes magazine, itwas $450 million).
General of Generals. Biography
In the history of the collapse of the Soviet Union and in the events of the August putsch, another Generalov took a direct part. At that time, the real General Generalov served in the 9th Directorate of the KGB. His biography was no different from the rest of the security service. He could always please his superiors, and made his career on it.
Vyacheslav Generalov was born in 1946. Russian, personal number E 112448. Since 1967, he became a member of the party and an employee of the security agencies. In 1976 he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB (communications specialist). In 1980, he was deputy head of the 9th department of the KGB and head of the special economic and operational department under the KGB of the USSR.
In August 1991, he was seconded by Kryuchkov as head of Gorbachev's security to Foros to isolate the president. After a failed coup attempt, he was under investigation and was released from custody on he alth grounds in 1992. In recent years, he served as an adviser to JSC "Region" of the financial corporation "Sistema".
